NEPALGUNJ: As many as 11 persons died and 22 others sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling on collided with a truck in Banke district on Sunday night.
The bus was carrying returnees from India.
The bus (Na 5 Kha 5995) en route from Nepalgunj to Dang hit the parked truck (Ba 4 Kha 9064) on the road killing 11 passengers, including the bus driver, at Thuriya forest area along the Shamshergunj-Agaiya road section of East-West Highway last night.
A team of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Traffic Police and Banke Salyani Samaj rescued the injured and brought them to Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital at around 2:00 am, informed Banke Salyani Samaj.
Four of the injured are in critical condition, the Bheri Hospital informed. One of the deceased is a female, it added.
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