At least 23 people have been injured when a passenger bus met with an accident near Changunarayan Temple in Bhaktapur on Tuesday. Eight of the passengers have been seriously injured, SP at Bhaktapur Metropolitan Police Circle Kiran Bajracharya said.

The ill-fated bus (Ba 2 Kha 6817) heading for Changunarayan from Ratnapark slipped off the road and fell some 150 meters down. The injured have been taken to different hospitals of Bhaktapur. The bus was carrying around 35 passengers.

 According to SP Bajracharya, the bus met with the accident as the road had sunken due to incessant downpour.