The identity of the people who died in the microbus accident that occurred at Kantar in Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3, Gorkha on Saturday has been established.
According to District Police Office Chief Bharat Bahadur BK, seven Indian citizens died in the accident. Among them, Muthu Kumar, 58, Anamalik, 58, Meenakshi, 59, Sivagami, 53, Vijayal, 57, Meena, 58, and Tamilarsi, 60, from India died on the spot.
The electric microbus was carrying 16 devotees returning from a pilgrimage to the Manakamana Temple when it met with an accident. The microbus fell some 200 meters down the road. Seven other passengers injured in the incident are undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College hospital in Chitwan. They have been identified as 62-year-old Soranam, 65-year-old Mangada Jalam, 75-year-old Subhadra, 65-year-old Mayal, 73-year-old Saroja, 75-year-old Bhagyalakshmi and 34-year-old Meenakshi.
The driver of the microbus, 46-year-old Pushpa Malla Thakuri of Besisahar Municipality-1 in Lamjung, escaped unharmed, while his assistant 29-year-old Santosh Gurung of Besisahar Municipality-3, sustained injuries. Police say that further investigation into the incident is underway.
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