Death toll from Nawalparasi bus accident reaches six

Kawasoti : The number of people killed in a bus accident occurred this morning in Nawalparasi has reached six. The bus with the registration number plate Lu 1 Kha 8454 was going towards Bhairahawa from Itahari when it met with an accident on the East-West highway at Arunkhola of Madhyabindu municipality-11.
The deceased have been identified as Tilak Bista, 35, of Hastachaur rural municipality-2, Gulmi; Suhan Karki, 11, of Sundarharaicha-12, Morang; Ramjeet Rai, 27, of Hatuwagadhi-6, Bhojpur; Abdul Ansari, 32, of Sunsari; and Bidyananda Yadav of Bihar India. The identity of the six who is a male is yet to be ascertained, according to Superintendent at the District Police Office Nawalpur, Ramesh Thapa. The accident happened at 5 am as the bus veered off the road and fell some 35 metres down.
Among the dead, five died on the spot while Bista breathed his last in course of treatment the at the College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan and Ansari was an employee at the District Public Health Office, Nawalparasi West. The headlight of the bus was dim and it was in high speed, so the accident, SP Thapa quoted a passenger as saying. Of the injured, 37 are being treated at Bharatpur and six who sustained minor injuries have already returned home following treatment at a local health facility.RSS