Meanwhile, PM Oli has directed the concerned bodies to carry out immediate rescue and to provide treatment to the injured in the accident.
As many as 22 passengers were killed when a bus, Ba 2 Kha 6376, heading to Kathmandu from the district headquarters Diktel veered off and fell some 200 meters down the road at Barkhetar at around 8 am today.
The ill-fated bus had left Khotang at 5 am.
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