Two arrested as dozens killed in bus-train collision

Police arrested the driver and conductor of a bus which collided with a train today, as it dashed through a railway crossing in Sri Lanka, killing at least 35 people and injuring another 60.

Two arrested as dozens killed in bus-train collision

Police arrested the driver and conductor of a bus which collided with a train today, as it dashed through a railway crossing in Sri Lanka, killing at least 35 people and injuring another 60.

The passenger bus, apparently racing another bus, slipped past a warning gate and tried to cross a railroad track at Polgahawela, a small town surrounded by farming villages about 50 miles north-east of the capital, Colombo.

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