Bus accident Sindhuli B P road in Nepal

SINDHULI, Asoj -26 At least 41 passengers were killed and 16 others injured when an overcrowded passenger bus swerved from the road and tumbled on the Sunkoshi River bank at Purano Jhagajholi-4, 

Sindhuli district, along the BP Highway on Thursday morning.     

The ill-fated bus (Na 3 Kha 9412), bound for the Capital from Sindhuli, skidded off the road and fell some 110 meters down, leaving 27 male and 13 female passengers dead.  One injured, Birbahadur Tamang, 50, of Bandipur, died while undergoing treatment at Dhulikhel hospital this afternoon.

However, around a dozen persons traveling on the roof managed to save their lives by jumping off the bus, witnesses said.
Security personnel and locals hustled to the incident site following the accident.
The other deceased, except for bus driver Prem Tamang, have not been identified yet.

It has been reported that there were passengers traveling even on the roof of the bus. Police have believed that the bus could have met with the accident as it was carrying more passnegers than its capacity.
Most of the passengers were returning to the Capital after celeberating Dashain festival.

Meanwhile, a team headed by Chief District Officer Beni Nadhav Gyawali reached the accident site for further investigation.

The injured are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhulikhel and Kathmandu.

SINDHULI, Asoj 26  At least 41 passengers were killed and 16 others injured when an overcrowded passenger bus swerved from the road and tumbled on the Sunkoshi River bank at Purano Jhagajholi-4, Sindhuli district, along the BP Highway on Thursday morning. The ill-fated bus (Na 3 Kha 9412), bound for the Capital from Sindhuli, skidded off the road and fell some 110 meters down, leaving 27 male and 13 female passengers dead.  One injured, Birbahadur Tamang, 50, of Bandipur, died while undergoing treatment at Dhulikhel hospital this afternoon.
However, around a dozen persons traveling on the roof managed to save their lives by jumping off the bus, witnesses said.
Security personnel and locals hustled to the incident site following the accident.
The other deceased, except for bus driver Prem Tamang, have not been identified yet.
It has been reported that there were passengers traveling even on the roof of the bus. Police have believed that the bus could have met with the accident as it was carrying more passnegers than its capacity.
Most of the passengers were returning to the Capital after celeberating Dashain festival.
Meanwhile, a team headed by Chief District Officer Beni Nadhav Gyawali reached the accident site for further investigation.
The injured are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhulikhel and Kathmandu.