KATHMANDU: At least 17 people died after a bus travelling from western Pokhara to the capital Kathmandu plunged into the Trishuli River in the central district of Dhading early Monday, a senior official at the District Administration Office, Dhading, said.
“We have sent 17 people who appear to have died on the spot for medical confirmation, ” Chief District Officer of Dhading, Bijaya Raj Subedi, told IANS. “We have also sent 27 others for treatment at different local hospitals and Kathmandu-based hospitals.”
The bus plunged about 300 metres below the road to the riverbank at around 1:30 am on Monday in the Bhaisigauda area of Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality. “The cause of the accident has not yet been identified, as the bus was travelling in its own lane, ” Subedi said.