Nepal bus accident toll reaches 26
Friday - March 10, 2017 2:32 pm ,
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Nepal bus accident toll reaches 26
Kathmandu March 10 (IANS) The death toll in a bus accident in Nepal s far-western Jajarkot district has risen to 26 it was reported on Friday.
Jajarkot Chief District Officer Krishna Chandra Poudel said 15 people died on the spot when a passenger bus fell some 200 metres from a highway along the Chhinchu-Jajarkot road on Thursday.
Eleven persons succumbed to their injuries in a hospital the Kathmandu Post reported. Three injured passengers were in critical condition.
The bus was headed from Khalanga to Khara a village in the district.
--IANS
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