Relatives of a man who was killed in a road accident have set fire to a bus in Avissawella, police said.
A 65-year-old cyclist was killed after being hit by a bus on the Avissawella-Maliyangama road in the Ritigahawela area yesterday (15).
The driver of the bus, which was transporting workers to a factory, had fled after the accident, and relatives of the deceased had set the bus on fire when Avissawella police officers arrived and took the bus into their custody. A police officer who was on the bus at the time was also injured.