Six Indian pilgrims amongst 7 killed in Nepal bus accident: Report

Six Indian pilgrims had been amongst seven individuals killed when the bus they had been travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain highway in Nepal’s Madhesh province, a media report mentioned on Thursday.

The accident occurred within the early hours of Thursday within the province’s Bara district when the bus carrying pilgrims from Rajasthan overturned and fell some 50 metres down the highway at a riverbank south of Churiamai Temple at Simara Sub-Metropolitan City, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.

Apart from the six Indians, one Nepalese citizen was additionally killed within the accident which additionally injured 19 others.

“The bus carrying six Indian pilgrims overturned and fell down the road at a river bank. A total of 26 passengers were on board and in the accident one Nepalese was also killed. The family of the deceased have been informed,” mentioned Deputy Superintendent of Police Pradeep Bahadur Chhetri.

Superintendent of Police Hobindra Bogati, who can also be the chief of the Bara district police workplace, mentioned that they’ve detained three individuals, together with the bus driver Jilami Khan.

“The driver and the co-workers have also sustained injuries during the accident and were detained following treatment,” he was quoted as saying within the report.

The police mentioned that every one these injured had been present process therapy at numerous hospitals in Hetauda of adjoining Makwanpur district.

Road accidents in Nepal are fairly frequent because of the poor highway infrastructure throughout the nation, which majorly contains mountainous terrain.

On Wednesday, a passenger bus skidded off the principle freeway and plunged right into a swollen river in Nepal’s Bagmati province, killing at the least eight individuals and leaving at the least 15 others injured.

The accident occurred when the bus en path to the scenic metropolis of Pokhara from Kathmandu veered off and fell into the Trishuli River at Chalise in Dhading district.

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Aug 24, 2023