Van Overtakes, Hits Oncoming SLTB Bus in Warakapola, 3 Dead — Who's Really to Blame?

On Saturday afternoon (Nov 7), a van overtaking another vehicle near Penhana Junction on the Colombo-Kandy main road collided head-on with an SLTB bus in Warakapola. Three passengers in the van died and others were injured. The bus driver was taken in for questioning while police investigate what exactly happened. One side says this is simple: you never overtake on a narrow two-lane road without a clear, long view ahead, no matter how late you are or how slow the vehicle in front is moving. The other side argues buses and trucks on this stretch rarely ease off or give way, so private vehicles get squeezed into risky gaps just to get past safely. Have you had a close call overtaking, or been overtaken dangerously, on the Colombo-Kandy road or somewhere similar? When a pass goes wrong like this, who do you think usually carries more blame — the driver who pulled out, or the one who wouldn't make room? මාරු කරන වෙලාවේ පාර නිසැකව පැහැදිලි නැත්නම්, කාගේ වගකීමද කියලා ඔබ හිතන්නේ?