BAGMATI, April 17: At least 16 people were injured when a passenger-ferrying bus met with an accident in Manahari rural municipality-6, Sunachuri of Makawanpur along the East-West Highway this morning.
According to the District Police Office, passengers were injured when the bus (Lu 2 Kha 599) en route to Bhairahawa from Itahari veered off the track and fell some 10 meters down the road.
One killed, two injured when a bus and a car collided with park...
The injured were rescued and sent to Chitwan Hospital for treatment, office Spokesperson Shyamu Aryal said.
Bus driver Rakesh Chaudhary, 29, of Kolbi Municipality-11, Bara has been arrested for investigation into the incident.
Meanwhile, a vehicle with Indian number plate caught fire at Bhimphedi rural municipality-4, Nibuwatar in Makawanpur along the Kulekhani-Bhimphedi-Kathmandu road section.
The running car en route to Hetauda from Kathmandu caught fire. Though the car was completely gutted in fire, there was no human casualty, it is said.
