Sunday, March 27, 2016

Fourteen passengers injured in night bus accident

Gaushala, March 28: Fourteen passengers were injured when two night bus met with an accident at Bardibas of Mahottari along the East-West highway early this morning.

Eleven passengers were injured when a night bus (Na. 5 Kha. 7189) heading to Biratnagar from Kathmandu hit a tractor (Ja.1Ta. 7089) coming from the opposite direction at around 4:00 am this morning, according to Superintendent of Police Janak Bhattarai.

Among the injured, Kumar Shrestha of Kathmandu and Sulav Rai of Sunsari were rushed to the capital for treatment. Others are undergoing treatment at local medical centres in Bardibas.

Also later this morning at around 5:00 am, a nightservice bus (Na.5Kha. 9135) heading to Dharan from Kathmandu met with an accident at the same place. Three passengers were injured when the bus fell off the road. RSS