Ten children aged 14 and 15 have been injured after a bus carrying students on an educational excursion collided with a train at a railway crossing in Koggala, Habaraduwa, this afternoon (25).

The children were returning to Kottawa after visiting the Martin Wickramasinghe Memorial Museum. They were admitted to several hospitals, including Galle National Hospital and Unawatuna Hospital.

Police have arrested the 40-year-old bus driver and the 21-year-old conductor. Investigations are continuing.