At least 17 schoolchildren were injured after a school van collided head-on with a private bus on the Kandy–Jaffna A9 road in Kalugala, Katugastota, at around 2.00 p.m. today (15).The driver of the school van was also injured in the accident. All those injured were initially admitted to the Katugastota Divisional Hospital before being transferred to the National Hospital Kandy for further treatment.According to reports, the private bus was travelling towards Kandy while the school van was heading in the opposite direction when the collision occurred.Katugastota Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.