19 people killed in Nepal bus accident

KATHMANDU: At least 19 people, including four women, were killed and 20 others injured on Tuesday when an overcrowded bus veered off a mountain road in Nepal’s Dhading district. The accident took place at Lapang Phedi village, 120 km west of capital Kathmandu, when the ill-fated passenger bus was on its way to Marpak from the district headquarters, Dhadingbeshi, police said. A total of 19 bodies — including 4 women — have been retrieved from the accident site, a senior police official said. The bus fell some 300 metres down the road, “The Himalyan Times” reported. Six of the injured are said to be critical and they have been airlifted to the capital for treatment, he said.

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