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🚨 General Road Accidents Severity: Moderate 📍 Pokunuvita, Kulapana on the Panadura - Ratnapura main road, Kalutara

Rear-End Collision in Pokunuwita: Heavy Lorry Crashes into Halted SLTB Bus at Kulupana Bus Stop

පොකුණුවිට කුළුපන ඉන්ධන පිරවුම්හල අසල බස් නැවතුමේ නතර කළ ලංගම බස් රථයක පිටුපස ලොරි රථයක් ගැටී අනතුරක්

📅 Oct 7, 2026, 8:47 PM • ✍️ Accident 1st Editorial Desk • 👁️ 7 views
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Rear-End Collision in Pokunuwita: Heavy Lorry Crashes into Halted SLTB Bus at Kulupana Bus Stop
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🚑 Injured 0
⚰️ Fatalities 0
🚗 Vehicles Bus, Lorry
🌧️ Road Condition Dry

​🚨 An accident occurred yesterday (10/06/2026) when a SLTB Horana bus belonging to Horana Depot, which had stopped to pick up passengers at Pokunuvita on the Panadura-Ratnapura main road, collided with a heavy commercial lorry (Ashok Leyland Lorry) traveling in the same direction. In this collision, the front left part of the lorry, the bumper, the grill and the windshield glass were severely damaged, while the rear bumper and body part of the Langama bus were also damaged. Although the passengers were inside the bus and at the stop at the time of the accident, they escaped unhurt and minor injuries were reported. Due to the accident, one lane of the road was blocked and there was a traffic jam. ​"Photographs of this accident are published to help create a society free from road accidents through safe driving." ​📷 Photo credit: Lanka Bus Circle (Accident 1st Community Network)

​🚨 An accident occurred yesterday (10/06/2026) when a SLTB Horana bus belonging to Horana Depot, which had stopped to pick up passengers at Pokunuvita on the Panadura-Ratnapura main road, collided with a heavy commercial lorry (Ashok Leyland Lorry) traveling in the same direction. In this collision, the front left part of the lorry, the bumper, the grill and the windshield glass were severely damaged, while the rear bumper and body part of the Langama bus were also damaged. Although the passengers were inside the bus and at the stop at the time of the accident, they escaped unhurt and minor injuries were reported. Due to the accident, one lane of the road was blocked and there was a traffic jam. ​"Photographs of this accident are published to help create a society free from road accidents through safe driving." ​📷 Photo credit: Lanka Bus Circle (Accident 1st Community Network) Road Safety Lesson (Road Safety Lesson and Investigation) Safe Following Distance near Bus Halts: Passenger buses can slow down and stop near bus stops at any time to pick up or drop off passengers. Hence heavy lorries and other vehicles driving behind buses should always maintain a safety gap of at least 3-4 seconds. Braking Distance of Heavy Trucks: Since the gross vehicle weight of heavy lorries loaded with goods is high, when the brakes are applied immediately, a stopping distance is required more than a normal vehicle. Failure to observe the road ahead and lose focus is the main cause of such rear-end collisions. Discipline of entering the vehicle at the station: When stopping at a bus stop, it is essential to stop as far away from the main running lane as possible, and keep a constant vigilance for sudden stops of a bus in front of the drivers coming from behind to avoid accidents. In case of an accident, call 1990 Suvasaria Ambulance Service immediately.
​🚨 පානදුර - රත්නපුර ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයේ පොකුණුවිට, කුළුපන ඉන්ධන පිරවුම්හල අසල පිහිටි බස් නැවතුම්පොළේ මගීන් නංවා ගැනීමට නතර කර තිබූ හොරණ ඩිපෝවට අයත් ලංගම (SLTB Horana) බස් රථයක රථයක්, එම දිශාවෙන්ම ධාවනය වූ බර වාණිජ ලොරි රථයක් (Ashok Leyland Lorry) ගැටීමෙන් ඊයේ (2026/10/06) දින අනතුරක් සිදුවිය. ​මෙම ගැටුමෙන් ලොරි රථයේ ඉදිරිපස වම්පස කොටසට, බම්පරයට, ග්‍රිල් එකට සහ සුළං ආවරණ වීදුරුවට දැඩි අලාභහානි සිදුව ඇති අතර, ලංගම බස් රථයේ පසුපස බම්පරය සහ බොඩි කොටසටද හානි සිදුව තිබේ. අනතුර සිදුවූ අවස්ථාවේ බස් රථය තුළ සහ නැවතුමේ මගීන් රැඳී සිටියද, විශාල විපතක් නොවී බේරී ඇති අතර සුළු තුවාල ලැබූවන් පිළිබඳව වාර්තා වේ. අනතුර හේතුවෙන් මාර්ගයේ එක් මංතීරුවක් අවහිර වී රථවාහන තදබදයක්ද හටගැනිණි. ​"ආරක්ෂාකාරී රිය පැදවීමක් තුලින් මාර්ග අනතුරු වලින් තොර සමාජයක් බිහිකිරිමට, මෙම අනතුරෙහි ඡායාරූප විමසා බලා සිහියේ තබා ගැනීමට උපකාරීවනු පිණිස පලකරනු ලැබේ." ​📷 ඡායාරූප ස්තූතිය: ලංකා බස් කවය (Accident 1st Community Network) Road Safety Lesson (මාර්ග ආරක්ෂණ පාඩම සහ විමර්ශනය) ​බස් නැවතුම්පොළවල් ආශ්‍රිත ආරක්ෂිත පරතරය (Safe Following Distance near Bus Halts): මගී බස් රථ නැවතුම්පොළවල් ආසන්නයේදී ඕනෑම මොහොතක මගීන් ගැනීම හෝ බැස්සවීම සඳහා වේගය අඩු කර නතර විය හැක. එබැවින් බස් රථ පසුපසින් ධාවනය වන බර ලොරි රථ සහ අනෙකුත් වාහන නිරන්තරයෙන් අවම වශයෙන් තත්පර 3-4 ක ආරක්ෂිත පරතරයක් තබා ගත යුතුය. ​බර වාහනවල තිරිංග ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය සහ බර පැටවීම (Braking Distance of Heavy Trucks): භාණ්ඩ පටවා ඇති බර ලොරි රථවල සම්පූර්ණ ස්කන්ධය (Gross Vehicle Weight) අධික බැවින්, ක්ෂණිකව තිරිංග යෙදූ විට රථය නතර වීමට සාමාන්‍ය වාහනයකට වඩා වැඩි නැවතුම් දුරක් (Stopping distance) අවශ්‍ය වේ. ඉදිරි මාර්ග නිරීක්ෂණය සහ අවධානය ගිලිහී යාම මෙවැනි පසුපස ගැටුම් (Rear-end collisions) වලට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුවයි. ​නැවතුම්පොළට වාහනය ඇතුළු කිරීමේ විනය: මගී බස් රථ නැවතුම්පොළක නතර කිරීමේදී හැකි තරම් ප්‍රධාන ධාවන මංතීරුවෙන් ඉවතට කර නතර කිරීමත්, පිටුපසින් එන රියදුරන් ඉදිරියේ ඇති බස් රථයක හදිසි නැවතීම් පිළිබඳ නිරන්තර සෝදිසියෙන් සිටීමත් අනතුරු වළක්වා ගැනීමට අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වේ. හදිසි අනතුරකදී වහාම 1990 සුවසැරිය ගිලන්රථ සේවාව අමතන්න.
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