A Brit is among 19 people killed after a passenger bus fell 650 feet from a hilly road into a ravine in west Nepal before dawn on Monday. Only nine of the dead have been identified so far, the police said, adding that the bus was carrying 44 people in all. A Brit is among 19 people killed after a passenger bus fell 650 feet from a hilly road in west NepalHundreds die in road crashes in Nepal annuallyRoad accidents are common in mostly mountainous Nepal where the conditions of roads are poor. Earlier this month, a bus carrying a wedding party fell off a slope of a mountain road in west Nepal in a devastating crash that killed at least 13 people while 34 more were injured. And in August 2024, 14 people were killed after a bus carrying dozens of worshippers tumbled 500 feet into a ravine in the Marsyangdi river.

Source: Daily Mail February 23, 2026 15:30 UTC