ILAM, Nov 19: Two people, including a child, were killed in an accident on their way back from Kanyam in Ilam during an educational visit on Sunday evening.
The ill-fated bus (Na 6 Kha 8424), which was returning from Kanyam in Ilam, met with an accident at Rong Rural Municipality-3 Kolbung in Ilam at around 5 PM.
The bus coming from Dhanushadham municipality-9 of Dhanusha lost control at Kolbung on Mechi highway and fell down about 300 meters from the road. The bus was returning from Kanyam to Dhanusha.
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According to the Nepal Police's Highway Safety and Traffic Management Office, Itahari, Arpan Lama, a 12-year-old boy from Dhanushadham Municipality-9 Dharapani, and Tulma Lama, a 40-year-old woman from the same place, died in the accident.
A total of 32 people were injured in the accident. They are all locals of Dharapani.
The driver of the bus, 41-year-old Harigin Raut of Dhanusha, has been arrested by the Area Police Office, Pashupatinagar.
According to police, the condition of 11-year-old Samishka Moktan, 12-year-old Shekhar Moktan, 12-year-old Nirjala Moktan, 36-year-old Anju Lama, 2-year-old Sneharika Lama and 9-year-old Riza Lama who live in the same place injured in the accident is normal.
Others who were injured include 11-year-old Kajal Nayak, 14-year-old Nikisha Moktan, 11-year-old Ritu Lama, 40-year-old Sunmaya Lama, 20-year-old Kabita Ghising, 13-year-old Saugat Lama, 14-year-old Barsha Tamang, 15-year-old Siddhartha Tamang, 17-year-old Swechha Lopchan, 12-year-old Bibisa Moktan, 15-year-old Rosina Tamang and 28-year-old Kalpana Kumari Lama. Similarly, 31-year old Shanta Pakhrin, 18-year old Sandhya Moktan, 35-year old Manavati Lama, 30-year old Gyanu Lama, 18-year old Pratishka Lama and 45-year old Lalkumari are among those injured in the accident.
A 15-year old Karan Moktan, 16-year old Kusum Ghising and 60-year old Shantamaya Tamang, 35-year old Anil Pariyar, 30-year old Rachna Ghising, 35-year old Sanjeev Tamang, 18-year old Renu Ghising and 16-year old Samiksha Lama were also injured in the accident. According to police, the injured are currently undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Jhapa.
