The jam-packed bus was ferrying devotees from Sindhupal chowk to neighbouring Kathmandu. They had been celebrating the Hindu festival of Dashain.
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In central Nepal, an overloaded bus fell down a hill, killing at least 11 and injuring 108 people on Saturday, an official said. The jam-packed bus was ferrying devotees from Sindhupal chowk to neighbouring Kathmandu. They had been celebrating the Hindu festival of Dashain.
The over crowded vehicle slipped and fell more than 50 metres at a bend.
“Six people were killed instantly and five more passed away on the way to hospital or while being treated,” district official Goma Devi Chemjong told AFP.
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According to Chemjong, 108 people were injured but only 39 were kept for further treatment.
“We are investigating what caused the accident,” she said.
Nepal’s poorly maintained highways are accident prone. During the festive season the number increases when the roads are far busier and public transport overcrowded.
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