A CTB bus from the Rethithenne depot plying from Kandy to Batticaloa along the Colombo-Batticaloa highway veered off the road at Velikanda on Saturday (11) evening 7.00 p.m, Velikanda Police said.
Seven passengers and two pedestrians were injured in the accident and admitted to the Velikanda Hospital and later transferred to the Pollannaruwa Hospital.
Velikanda Police are investigating.