Sri Lanka, Sept. 14 -- A 43-year-old woman, who was hospitalised following the tragic bus accident in Ella, has become the 16th victim.

Nalani Gamage, a computer operator at the Tangalle Urban Council, passed away yesterday while receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Badulla Teaching Hospital.

A magisterial inquiry and a post-mortem examination, conducted today by Acting Magistrate Ananda Moray and Special Judicial Medical Officer Dr. W.M.K.B. Wijethunga, revealed that the death was caused by serious head injuries sustained in the accident.

The body was transported to Tangalle by the Badulla Janaza Funeral Aid Society.

The society had previously provided free transportation for the bodies of the first 15 victims on the...