A person died and 23 others sustained injuries after a bus carrying pilgrims to Devghat, a religious site, from Kathmandu met with an accident in Dhading last night.
According to DSP Subas Hamal of the District Police Office, Dhading, 50-year-old Parbati Kafle of Bhirkot, Dolakha died in the accident. Kafle who sustained critical injuries breathed her last in the course of treatment at TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj.
The ill-fated bus, Ba 3 Kha 8923, heading to Devghat, a religious site in Chitwan from Kathmandu met with at Thakre Rural Municipality-7, Satkilo along the Prithvi Highway, DSP Hamal said.
The condition of three among those injured is said to be critical. They are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Kathmandu and Dhading.
Injured undergoing treatment at Saibaba Hospital in Dharke, Dhading
1) Bus driver Jit Bahadur Magar, 36, Dolakha.
Injured undergoing treatment at Bansbari Neuro Hospital, Kathmandu
1) Shanta Adhikari, 53, Lalitpur
2) Januka Humagai, 68, Jorparti, Kathmandu
3) Shiva Prasad Humagai, Jorpati, Kathmandu
4) Samita Humagai, 42, Jorpati, Kathmandu
5) Pabitra Rawat, 46, Lalitpur
Injured undergoing treatment in Nepal Police Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
1) Radhika Kafle, 50, Dolakha
2) Sabina Kafle, 28, Jorpati, Kathmandu
3) Krishna Prasad Kafle, 55, Tamakoshi, Dolakha, currently residing in Suryabinayak-3, Bhaktapur.
4) Sabitri Dhakal, 44, Tamakoshi, Dolakha, currently residing in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur
5) Surya Prasad Kafle, Tamakoshi, Dolakha, currently residing in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, currently residing in Suryabinayak Bhaktapur
6) Goma Kafle, 44, Tamakoshi, Dolakha, currently residing in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur
7) Dhiraj Kafle, 28, Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur
8) Chameli Bhandari (address yet to be established)
9) Ram Chaulagain.
Injured undergoing treatment at Trauma Center, Kathmandu
1) Jamuna Kafle, 26, Tamakoshi, Dolakha
2) Ambika Kafle, 38, Tamakoshi, Dolakha
3) Dandapani Kafle, 52, Tamakoshi
4) Nar Bahadur Oli, 83, Tamakoshi, Dolakha
5) Gita Bhandari, Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur
6) Maina Nepal, 50, Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur
7) Narayan Adhikari, 45, Lalitpur
8) Hari Kafle, 31, Tamakoshi, Dolakha
Injured sent to Kathmandu but remains out of contact
1) Bimochan Sapkota (co-driver), 27, Manthali, Ramechhap
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