accident

SATV, Kathmandu, October 3: A bus accident in Nawalparasi East has claimed the lives of six people and injured 10 others.

According to DSP Anil Pandit, the accident occurred at the S-shaped curve along the East-West Highway in Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality-2. The bus went off the road and fell into a drain.

The bus, bearing registration number Province 3-01-006 Kha 1553, was travelling from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu. There were 18 people on board, including the driver. Two passengers were unharmed, DSP Pandit said.

One of the deceased has been identified as 50-year-old Nirjung Khatri of Bheri Municipality-3, Jajarkot. Police said efforts are underway to identify the remaining five victims.

Police rescued the injured and sent them to Madhyabindu Provincial Hospital in Danda for treatment. The injured are from Gorkha, Achham, Bardiya, Bajura, Banke, Lalitpur and Salyan.

The injured have been identified as 30-year-old Harisharan Thapa of Gorkha; 28-year-old Tejendra Prasad Bhandari of Mangalsen Municipality-6, Achham; 20-year-old Aakriti of Thakurbaba Municipality-1, Bardiya; 32-year-old Pawan Budha of Swamikartik Rural Municipality-5, Bajura; 28-year-old Sanjay Tharu of Rajapur Municipality-9, Bardiya; 25-year-old Prem Bam of Swamikartik Rural Municipality-1, Bajura; 29-year-old Anoj Khatri of Lalitpur; 36-year-old Lal Bahadur Karki of Bansgadhi Municipality-7, Bardiya; 48-year-old Aslam Bhagwan of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City-16, Banke; and 21-year-old Anil Budhathoki of Bangad Kupinde Municipality-1, Salyan.