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Three killed, 22 injured in Myagdi bus fall

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MYAGDI, Nov 14: Three people were killed and 22 others were injured when a passenger bus, Ga 1 Kha 5366, heading to Beni from Baranja skidded off the road and fell some 150 meters down at Beni-13 on Saturday morning.



The deceased are Sunil Thapa, 9 of Benapa-13 and six-year-old Dipjan Pun. Identification of a girl killed in the mishap is yet to be ascertained.   


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The overloaded bus met with an accident as it tried to skip a pothole in the road, according to Police Inspector Bimal Upadhyay.

“All the injured have been taken to hospital for treatment,” he said, “The rescue operation was impacted owing to narrow road.”

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Among the injured, five people including bus driver Ram Krishna Sapkota, Deu Kumari Thapa Magar of Benapa-13 and Sita Gautam of Parbat have been rushed to Pokhara for additional treatment.

Other injured rescued by Nepal Police, Nepal Army and locals are receiving treatment at District Hospital.


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