Two persons were killed and 30 injured after a CTB bus and a tippper collided at Sirambiadiya area on the Puttalam-Anuradhapura main road in the early hours of today, Police said.

The accident took place around 1.30am this morning.

A CTB bus plying from Mullaitivu to Colombo collided at the rear of a tipper traveling ahead of it. All those injured and dead were traveling in the bus.

The injured were rushed to the Puttalam hospital. Several of them were reported to be in serious conditions.