This incident, as fate would have it, is happening on Mother's Day today.
The mother who showed the world the power of motherly love when she sheltered her baby in the rubble of the bus accident in the Kotmale Garandiella area, also passed away today.
Even social media was paying close attention to her because the shock of that scene immediately spread throughout the society.
While there were only a few hours left for the dawn to break in the Kotmale Garandiella area, 22 lives were lost forever in this tragedy that occurred today.
While 06 women and 16 men were among those lives, the identities of 9 are still being confirmed.
This is the scene that brought tears to the eyes of many people in today's tragedy.
Even though she no longer had the strength to struggle in the wreckage of the bus, her motherhood had become strong enough to provide warmth and protection to her baby as she faced her deathbed.
Even social media had paid close attention to her because the shock of that scene had spread across society.
But fate had not been kind enough to grant her a life sentence.
The 8-month-old baby had to say goodbye to both the mother and the father, leaving the world alone.
A mother and father living in the Meeriyabedda area and their three children had also faced this accident, and the mother and father lost their lives, leaving the three children alone in this world.
That was in a context where they had boarded this bus with the intention of returning home to a relative's house in the Koslanda area. Their 10-year-old son, 16-year-old girl and 9-month-old baby who were injured in the accident are receiving treatment at the Nuwara Eliya Hospital.
©Photo Credit - Manjula Siriwardhana
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