At least 11 people died and 21 others were injured, two critically, when a bus veered off the road at Aathbiskot Municipality-4 in Dailekh on Wednesday. The ill-fated vehicle with the registration number Na 4 Kha 2998 fell 300 metres at around 3:20pm. 

There were 32 people on board the bus that was en route from Jitedh Bazaar in Kalikot to Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur. Locals and security personnel reached the incident site soon after the incident and rescued the victims.

According to DSP Yogendra Kumar Khadka of Kalikot District Police Office,  two of the critically injured passengers were airlifted to Nepalgunj while 19 others were taken to Surkhet and Nepalgunj for treatment.

The cause of the accident is not yet known, said police, adding that brake failure could have resulted in the crash.