KATHMANDU: At least 12 people were killed after a passenger bus plunged into the Tamakoshi River from the road in the Machanetar area of Ramechhap district in central Nepal, police said on Tuesday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhola Kumar Bhatta, chief of Ramechhap District Police Office told IANS that 12 people lost their lives in the accident, which occurred at around 11 am. “Eight people were injured, and seven of them have been sent to Kathmandu for further treatment due to serious injuries, ” he said.
According to Bhatta, the bus driver lost control and the vehicle plunged about 100 metres down from the road into the river. The bus, which had departed from Kathmandu for Pokali in Okhaldhunga, fell into the Tamakoshi River while en route to its destination.