One person was killed and several others seriously injured when an over-speeding bus swerved off the road and crashed on the banks of a river at Rajbiraj on Tuesday.
One person was killed and several others seriously injured when an over-speeding bus swerved off the road and crashed on the banks of a river at Rajbiraj on Tuesday. Of the dozen passengers injured about half of them have sustained serious injuries.
The accident occurred when the bus, Na 4 Kha 6976, heading to east, lost control and swerved off the road into the river after hitting the railings of the bridge. The locals said that the bus driver lost control due to over speeding.
The deceased victim of the accident has been identified as Mohammad Asim, 49, of Duhabi, Sunsari, who died on the spot.
Police Inspector Umes Lamsal of Kanchanpur Police Office informed that the body of the deceased has been taken to Rajbiraj based Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital for postmortem.
The seriously injured half a dozen passengers have been referred to various hospitals based at Biratnagar for critical treatments after receiving primary medical treatments at the local Dharmeshwor Hospital, informed Lamsal.
Meanwhile, the bus driver involved in the accident is on the run and a search for him is underway.
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