DHAKA: Rescuers pulled 44 more bodies from a fast-flowing river in western Nepal where a bus crashed last week, hiking the death toll to 47.

Police said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.

Emergency workers found three bodies immediately after the crash in mountainous Jajarkot district on Thursday, and pulled another 44 from the wreckage of the bus over the weekend.

‘The confirmed death toll so far is 47,’ said Jajarkot police chief Dinesh Raj Mainali.

‘We have recovered all the bodies that were trapped inside the bus wreckage. Now we are searching for any bodies that may be outside the bus.’

BDST: 1400 HRS, NOV 24, 2014