The Kathmandu Post quoted Simara Deputy Superintendent of Police Pradeep Bahadur Chhetri as saying that the dead included a Nepali national from Loharpatti in Mahottari district and six Indian nationals from Rajasthan. At the same time, the injured in the accident are undergoing treatment in the hospital.
नेपाल में नदी तट पर पलटी बस, 6 भारतीय सहित 7 तीर्थयात्रियों की मौत
Seven people, including six Indian pilgrims, were killed in a road accident in Nepal in the early hours of Thursday. According to information, the bus going from Kathmandu to Janakpur overturned on a river bank south of Churiyamai temple at 2 am. In the accident, the bus fell about 50 meters below the road.
The Kathmandu Post quoted Pradeep Bahadur Chhetri, deputy superintendent of Simara regional police office, as saying that the dead included a Nepalese national from Loharpatti in Mahottari district and six Indian nationals from Rajasthan. At the same time, some people have also been injured in the accident.
DSP Pradeep Bahadur Chhetri said that the injured are being treated in various hospitals of Hetauda in Makwanpur district. Preliminary investigation says that the driver of the bus may have fallen asleep, due to which the accident took place. Police is investigating the accident.