(Updated with increased death toll 1834 NST, 1249 GMT)
Seven dead in Palpa bus accident
KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Four people died and 32 others were injured when a bus fell into the Modi River at Tilahara VDC, Parbat district along the Pokhara-Baglung Highway on Wednesday morning, according to Ujyalo FM. One of the deceased has been identified as Wakila Begam of Majhphant, Parbat district. The ill-fated bus (Ga 1 Kha 2692) was on its way to Beni, Myagdi district from Kathmandu. Some of the injured have been rushed to Paschimanchal Regional Hospital, Pokhara and some others have been admitted to the District Hospital at Kushma.