A person died and 16 others injured when a passenger bus met with an accident at Mulkhola of Musikot Municipality-1, in Rukum district on Friday.

The ill-fated passenger (Na 5 Kha 6510) bus heading for Mulkhola from Sale Bus Park skidded off the road and plunged at around 1 pm today, killing one Sapana Malla, aged around 24, of Chhing in Musikot.

Four of the injured are said to be badly wounded and have been referred to Nepalgunj for treatment, while the 12 otehrs have been receiving medical attention at Salle.

The names and addresses of the injured have not been known.  Police have been investigation the cause behind the accident. Police have assumed that the bus was carrying the passengers returning to Khalanga from the Salle-based District Hospital. Police have detained the bus driver for investigation.