(MENAFN- QNA) At least 23 people were killed and 40 others injured when a crowded passenger bus veered off a hilly road and plunged around 200 meters into a gorge in western Nepal Monday.
Twenty three bodies have been recovered so far from the accident site, a police official said. The cause of the accident is being ascertained, PTI reported
The incident took place when the bus heading towards Dhangadhi from Doti fell around 200 metres down the hilly road at Chhatiwan village development area in Doti district, some 700-kilometre west of Kathmandu, the police said.
Police, Army and local people have been mobilised for carrying out rescue and relief works, local authorities said.
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