Twenty-seven people were injured, some seriously, when a Kathmandu-bound bus collided head-on with a truck in Gajuri-6 along the Prithvi Highway in Dhanding district on Saturday.

The bus (Na 6 Kha 1926), belonging to Saptahik Travels, collided with the truck (Na 7 Kha 29) en route to Muglin, said police. The injured were taken to Kathmandu for treatment.