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2010-02-05 08:26:59 - Vehicle Accident - Nepal EDIS CODE: VI-20100205-24806-NPL
Date & Time: 2010-02-05 08:26:59 [UTC]
Area: Nepal, , En Route from Kathmandu to Baraha Kshetra, Sunsari, Number of death person(s): 7
Number of Injured person(s): 14
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Not confirmed information! Description: Seven pilgrims were killed and 14 others injured as a bus met with an accident at Jalbire, Chitwan Thursday night. The bus of registration plate Ba 2 Kha 6271 was heading to Baraha Kshetra, Sunsari from Kathmandu and carrying 43 passengers, according to police. The injured passengers are undergoing treatment at the Bharatpur Hospital and College of Heath Sciences Teaching Hospital. Some of the injured have been taken to Kathmandu by their relatives for further treatment. The accident happened as the bus fell off a bridge half-an-hour after midnight. “Immediately after Mugling, where we had dinner, the driver failed to control in a turning,” Kapil Baskota, a passenger who escapes uninjured said. The bus left Kathmandu on Thursday evening. The driver and his assistant are out of contact, according to police. The injured said that as the police reached late after the incident, the passengers were looted after the accident. “I was unable to move, some people came and took away money and jewelry,” injured Urmila Khanal said.
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