DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed, 50 injured as an overcrowded bus has plunged off a mountain road in Nepal.
Police official Kesh Bahadur Shahi said Monday that the bus veered off the road near Pokharakada village Sunday night and rolled 600 meters (about 2,000 feet) down a slope.
Rescuers pulled out 14 bodies while three more died at a hospital.
There were 67 people on the bus, which had 38 seats, reports the Times of India.
The bus was driving on a narrow mountain road during the night when the accident happened about 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of the capital, Katmandu.
BDST: 1129 HRS, DEC 08, 2014
