The death toll in the accident that occurred when a bus traveling on the Nuwara Eliya-Gampola main road fell into a 100-foot precipice in the Ramboda Garadi Ella area of Kotmale has risen to 21, a Kotmale police officer said.
The bodies of the 21 people have been deposited at the Kotmale Regional Hospital, while the bodies of several others who died in the accident are buried under the bus, and the police and local residents are making strenuous efforts to recover the bodies.