Srilanka, Feb. 11 -- The number of patients in intensive care has increased following the tragic bus accident in Thorayaya, Kurunegala, which claimed four lives and left 33 others injured on the Kurunegala-Dambulla main road.

According to the Director of Kurunegala Hospital, five patients are currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Meanwhile, the bus driver arrested in connection with the accident was produced before the Kurunegala Magistrate's Court yesterday and has been remanded until February 20.

The accident occurred at 4:50 AM yesterday when two private buses collided.

Investigations revealed that a bus traveling from Melsiripura to Kurunegala had stopped to pick up passengers when another passenger bus ...