At least three persons have been reported dead in a bus accident that took place at Katari-Ghurmi road section of Siddhicharan Lokmarga in Udaypur on Friday.

The ill-fated bus, Ba 4 Kha 3620, met with the accident at around 9 am this morning at Bhadaure in Lekhani-5 while returning from Halesi pilgrimage at Khotang.

Katari Area Police Office DSP Chiranjivi Koirala informed that as per the preliminary reports three passengers have died in the accident. 29 passengers have been injured in the accident. Of them, bus driver and a boy are in critical conditition.

The deceased are Saraswoti Deviram,60 and Kusum Deviram, 33. One another body is yet to be identified, DSP Koirala said.

Earlier, DSP Koirala had reported five deaths based on information provided by the locals. However, only three deaths have been confirmed after investigation, he said.

There were 41 passengers from Saptari onboard the bus.

The cause of accident is yet to be known.