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Three dead as a large tree falls and crushes a bus and a scooter in Bhaktapur

BHAKTAPUR, July 24: Three people were killed when a tree fell and crushed a bus and a scooter in Sallaghari in Bhaktapur. It is estimated that more than a dozen were injured in the accident.
By Republica

BHAKTAPUR, July 24: Three people were killed when a tree fell and crushed a bus and a scooter in Sallaghari in Bhaktapur. It is estimated that more than a dozen were injured in the accident.


Two people in the mini bus and one person on the scooter died when the tree fell and crushed the vehicles running on the road. According to Raju Karki, Head of Traffic Police Office, Sallaghari, Bhaktapur, the deceased have not been identified yet.


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Karki said that a minibus (Ba 2 B 3584) and a scooter (Ba 61 P 3978) coming from Kathmandu to Bhaktapur were hit by a fallen tree. According to him, there were two dozen passengers in the minibus.


Details about the incident are yet to come. It is said that the incident took place around 12 noon.


 

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