Showing posts with label Dailekh. Show all posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Bus accident in Dailekh,Nepal 32 killed


March,18
Pipalkot: At least 32 persons were killed and 12 injured when a commuter bus en route to Surkhet from Kalikot skidded off the road and plunged some 200 metres into Karnali River in Pipalkot  The bus en route to Surkhet from Kalikot fell off the Karnaayli Highway into the Karnali River in Dailekh districton on Thursday.Most of the dead were trapped inside the bus and droned
According to DSP Min Bahadur Ghale of Kalikot district police office, the bus belonging to Kankre Bihar Yatayat, had left Manma, the district headquarters of Kalikot, at around 7:30 am for Surkhet, carrying 33 passengers. More passengers boarded the bus on the way, he said. Locals and eyewitnesses claimed that there were about 70 passengers at the time of accident.