According to the Nuwara Eliya Police, a lorry that was going to bring vegetables to the Nuwara Eliya Economic Center ran off the road and overturned about 70 feet into a cliff. 14 passengers were seriously injured and admitted to the Nuwara Eliya District General Hospital.
According to Nuwara Eliya police, the cause of the accident which happened near Nuwara Eliya Labukele Tea Factory on the Nuwara Eliya Gampola main road was that the lorry was driving at high speed.