DHAKA: 14 people were killed and 13 others injured was a bus carrying people from a small town in northern Nepal crashed on a narrow mountain road on Tuesday (September 27).

The bus was heading to Kintang, a remote hamlet up in Nepal's rugged hills from Dhadingbeshi, the main settlement in Dhading district.

Chief district officer of Dhading Bishwa Prakash Subedi said ‘14 people including 10 men and four women were killed in the accident. Another 13 people were injured’.

Subedi further said his office has requested a helicopter to airlift six of the injured who were in critical condition, reports the Gulf Times.

‘The accident occurred at around 11 am local time. The bus fell some 300 meters down the road and landed on a riverbank,’ he added.

BDST: 1600 HRS, SEP 27, 2016
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