4 years ago
Nine people have been killed in a bus accident at Khodpe of Patan Municipality-8 on the Dasharath Chandra Highway in Baitadi district. The bus (Na 5 Kha 5141) left for Mahendranagar from Darchula's Ganna met with an accident at around 10:30 pm on Thursday.
Chief of the District Police Office, Deputy Superintendent of Police Narayan Prasad Adhikari informed that the bus fell about 600 meters from a small bend. The dead are yet to be identified. Among the dead are seven men and two women.
Of the 34 people injured in the accident, seven have been referred to Dhangadhi. The remaining 27 are undergoing treatment at Dadeldhura Hospital, said Pranau Adhikari.
The bodies of eight of the deceased have been recovered from the spot while the body of one of them is stuck in the bus and will be recovered today, police said. Police and locals rescued the injured from the spot at night.
The body was brought to the district hospital for autopsy, said Pranau Adhikari. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, police said. The bus belongs to Birendra Karki of Dogadakedar-7 Khochlek in Baitadi. He himself was the driver and he was also injured.
