- At least 21 people were killed on Friday and 16 others injured when a bus skidded off the highway and fell some 100 metres into a river in Nepal’s southwestern Chitwan district.
- The cause of the accident has not been ascertained yet. Road accidents in Nepal are generally blamed on poorly maintained vehicles and substandard roads.
- The passenger bus was heading for Pokhara from Gaur in Rautahat district, Chitwan Police Chief SP Basanta Kunwar was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post. The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital and the search operations for the missing persons is on, he said.
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