Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people and injuring 35
The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 140 kilometers (86 miles) east of Colombo, the capital, in a mountainous area of central Sri Lanka , police said.
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