Superintendent of Police Ramesh Pandit informed that three persons were killed and 23 injured, when a bus number Ba2K 845 from Vidur-4 Battar to Tarakeshwar Rural Municipality-1 Dangsingh of Nuwakot met with an accident at a place called Pipalbot in Vidur-12 Chainpur. According to him, two people died on the spot and one person died during treatment at Trishuli Hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Andaji Ramprasad Aryal, 62, of Tarakeshwar rural municipality-6, Bhamra, his wife Sita Devi Aryal, 60, and Baburam Darji, 58, of Vidur-3. Five of the 23 people injured in the accident could not be treated in Nuwakot and were sent to Kathmandu for further treatment.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus operated by Namaste Pasang Lhamu Transport Pvt. Ltd. was going down the hill at Peoplebot in Chainpur when the passengers got off and went out of control and the accident happened. Head of District Traffic Police Office, Nuwakot, Milan Kumar Singh informed that the bus, which was supposed to be going uphill, left behind and went down 150 metres.
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