The accident occurred around dawn, around 50 km (30 miles) west of the city on the Prithvi Highway that connects Kathmandu with the southern plains. “We have recovered 31 bodies and are looking for more,” government official Ram Mani Mishra told Reuters from the scene. Two with grave injuries were taken to Kathmandu while the rest were treated at a local hospital, he said. Police said survivors were thrown out of the bus windows but another 13 people were still believed to be trapped in the bus. Road accidents are common in mostly mountainous Nepal, where police say about 1,800 people die in crashes every year.

Source: bd News24 October 28, 2017 10:18 UTC