Three dead in Doti accident

DADELDHURA, April 17: Three passengers died and a dozen other were injured when a bus fell off a cliff at Chhatiban of Doti district on Sunday.



Driver Dipendra Bahadur Pal of Kanchanpur, Naresh Subbha of Kathmandu and assistant driver Birendra Khadka died when the bus with registration plate Ma 1 Kha 492 fell off 30 meters down from the road.[break]



The injured are being treated in Doti and Attariya.



The bus was en route to Mahendranagar from Sanfebagar of Acchham.



The accident occurred as the brakes of the bus stopped functioning, according to Dambar Raj Pant, vice-president of Mahakali Transport Bus Entrepreneur Committee.

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