Seven people were killed and over four dozen injured when a bus met an accident at Gairhathok, Salu in Ramechhap district on Friday afternoon.

The bus was heading towards Gothgaun from the district Headquarters Manthali. There were 70 passengers onboard the bus.

The deceased are identified as Dilmaya Magar of Manthali-7, Hem Bahadur Thapa of Gothgaun-4 and Bhim Bahadur Budhathoki of Gothgaun-5. The rest of the deceased are yet to be identified.

District Police Office, Ramechhap informed that the injured passengers are being rescued from the accident site that lies 15 km east of Manthali. But the security personnel are having difficulty in ferrying the injured people to Manthali due to lack of vehicles.

The bus plunged some 50 metres off the road. The cause of accident is still unknown.