Dang : The death toll from the bus accident at Ramri of Tulsipur sub metropolis-3 on Friday has reached 23 with the death of Birendra Kandara, 20, of Kankasundari rural municipality-5, Jumla. According to Bel Bahadur Pandey, a resident of Dang, Kandara breathed his last in course of treatment at Nepalgunj Nursing Home this morning.
Meanwhile, identities of more six dead have been ascertained. They are Kusum Rawal, 16, of Chandannath-6, Jumla; Atish Nepali, 17, of Bheri municipality, Jajarkot; Khem Raj Bhatta, 17, of Krishnapur-5, Kanchanpur; Hikmat Bohara, 19, of Chandannath-3, Jumla; Kabita Khatri, 21, of Babai rural municipality-5, Dang; and Shailaja Shahi, 17, of Hima rural municipality-5, Jumla.
Fifteen others who were seriously injured in the incident are undergoing treatment at Kohalpur Teaching Hospital.
The accident took place at 4:50 pm on Friday when the bus with registration number Ba. 4 Kha. 9766 heading towards Tulasipur from Kapurkot of Salyan fell some 700 meters below the road, according to DSP at the Area Police Office, Tulasipur Prem Bahadur Shahi. The bus was carrying students and teachers of the Krishnasen Icchuk Technical School in Ghorahi, as they were returning after a study tour of the botanical garden in Mulpani of Kapurkot, Salyan. RSS
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