A 19-year-old youth riding a motorcycle died in Kosgoda this morning after collided head-on with a bus.
The bus was transporting staff of a garment factory and the victim was a resident of Miriswatte in Kosgoda, named Saman Kumara.
The accident took place at around 7.30am and Kumara died after being admitted to the Balapitiya Base Hospital with critical head injuries.
Our correspondent said that the driver of the bus was arrested by the police.