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2010-03-18 08:46:04 - Vehicle Accident - Nepal

EDIS CODE: VI-20100318-25366-NPL
Date & Time: 2010-03-18 08:46:04 [UTC]
Area: Nepal, , Kalikot-Surkhet highway, Kittu village

Number of death person(s): 18
Number of Injured person(s): 10
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)

Not confirmed information!

Description:

At least 18 people died on the spot early Thursday when a bus fell off a highway and plunged into a river in western Nepal, the worst road accident in the country this year. Ten passengers were seriously injured while a search is on for other passengers feared to have been trapped inside the bus, police said. The accident occurred around 7 am in a village called Kittu as the passenger bus run by the Kakre Vihar Yatayat, a private transport company, was heading towards Surkhet district from Dailekh. It fell off the Kalikot-Surkhet highway into the swirling Karnali river below. Overcrowding could have been the reason for the accident. The victims were yet to be identified, police said.

Posted:2010-03-18 08:46:04 [UTC]