COLOMBO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-seven people, including 10 school children, were injured on Friday when a bus veered off the road in Mahiyanganaya in Sri Lanka's Uva Province, police said.

According to the police, the accident was due to a failure in the bus braking system.

Police spokesperson Buddhika Manatunga confirmed that 10 of the injured were school children, and all those injured were taken to a regional hospital for treatment.

Last year, Acting Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya noted that a significant number of bus accidents in Sri Lanka are caused by mechanical and structural defects. ■