Twenty killed in Nepal bus plunge
KATHMANDU: Up to 20 people were killed Monday and dozens are missing presumed dead after a packed passenger bus skidded off a mountain road and plunged into a river in Nepal.
"Seventeen bodies have been pulled out of the river," local police said.
The bus was carrying around 100 passengers, about half of whom were Indian nationals on a pilgrimage, according to police.
"The bus fell some 100 metres (yards) off the road into the Rapti river. Thirty-two people have been rescued and are getting treatment at a nearby hospital," the police officer said.
He said the bus was under water and that rescue operations were continuing.
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Twenty killed in Nepal bus plunge
KATHMANDU: Up to 20 people were killed Monday and dozens are missing presumed dead after a packed passenger bus skidded off a mountain road and plunged into a river in Nepal.
"Seventeen bodies have been pulled out of the river," local police said.
The bus was carrying around 100 passengers, about half of whom were Indian nationals on a pilgrimage, according to police.
"The bus fell some 100 metres (yards) off the road into the Rapti river. Thirty-two people have been rescued and are getting treatment at a nearby hospital," the police officer said.
He said the bus was under water and that rescue operations were continuing.
