KATHMANDU, Feb 23 (Reuters) – A passenger bus fell off a mountain road in western Nepal before dawn on Monday, killing 19 people, including a British national, police said.
Only nine of the dead have been identified so far, they said, adding that the bus was carrying a total of 44 people.
The bus traveling from the tourist town of Pokhara to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu fell 200 meters (650 feet) from a road in Behighat, Dhading district, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Kathmandu, injuring 25 people, including a New Zealander and a Chinese national, a police statement said.
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The injured are said to be receiving treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu.
Road conditions in most mountainous areas of Nepal are poor and road traffic accidents are common. Hundreds of people die in road traffic accidents in Nepal every year.
(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Editing by YP Rajesh)
