At least 31 people were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck at Jogimara along the Prithvi Highway in Dhading on Saturday morning.

According to Areas Police Office, Gajuri, the passenger bus (Na 5 Kha 502)  en route from Mahottari to Kathmandu collided with the truck (Na 6 Kha 124) at around 6:30am. Condition of three of the injured is said to be critical.

They were rushed to Kathmandu while others were taken to a community hospital in Malekhu.

Most of the people injured in the accident were passengers of the bus, said police. (PR)