This is total rubbish. No way would he loosing control be the cause of the accident. He would have simply been speeding, would have not even bothered to take notice of the pedestrian crossing and last moment only would have braked and caused this incident.

On this road no on one stops at the pedestrian crossing, and I’ve seen that a lot. I wonder if the pedestrian crossings are at the correct places also or are they too close to the round about ?

Another cause for accidents is after passing British School there is a space to turn right, and that clearly has a no right turn and a lot of driver make that turn. There used to be cops that used to catch these idiots but not any more. They should make it a point to keep this check atleast, our idiot drivers can’t drive a bit further to make the legal right turn.

Anyways in the case of this incident I would blame the cop for speeding and negligence. I’ve seem police jeeps drive on the wrong side, cut lights when the feel like it (don’t think there is any emergency), park in the middle of the road to pick their kids up from school, stop where ever they like in the middle of the road, go slow on the fast lane (we can horn but what will be next ?), so who’s going to teach them a lesson ?

Daily News Article Below

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Manjula Fernando and Rafik Jalaldeen
COLOMBO: A Traffic Police bus dispatching duty officers lost control near the Borella junction yesterday killing a mother and injuring her two children on the pedestrian crossing, while they were on their way to school.
The bus had been plying from Narahenpita towards Borella when the incident occurred around 7.30 a.m, near the British school, Borella.
Another woman who was also injured in the incident was admitted to the hospital but her condition is stable, doctors said.
The mother, admitted in a unconscious state with severe head injuries succumbed around 4.30 p.m.
“The other three are out of danger,” Accident Service Director Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.
An Accident Service employee said the woman was taken directly to the resuscitation room in a critical state and transferred to the High Defensive Unit where she died later.
The boy aged eight has suffered head injuries while the girl aged 12 is left with a fractured hand and a leg.
SSP Colombo Traffic M. Lafir said the bus was dispatching traffic officers on routine duty and had been travelling from Narahenpita towards Kanatta junction when the accident occurred.
It had lost control and run over the four pedestrians crossing the road, crashing into a nearby van. “The Borella police are conducting further investigations and the driver was remanded till September 6,” SSP Lafir said.
Eyewitnesses said the police driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene after seeing the injured.