At least 18
people died and 31 others were injured, some critically, when a passenger bus
collided head-on with a truck at Narpani in Arghakhanchi district on Wednesday.
भिडिओ हेर्न तल क्लिक गर्नु होस्
The passenger bus (Lu 1 Kha 6231) which left for Butwal collided
with the Sandhikharka-bound truck (Lu 1 Kha 7827). Eight died on the spot while
the others died while being rushed to Sandhikharka, the district headquarters.
The incident site is 13 kilometres from Sandhikharka.
Twenty-three seriously injured passengers were airlifted to
Kathmandu by a Nepal Army helicopter while the others are receiving treatment
at Lumbini Zonal Hospital in Butwal.
Making matters worse a jeep set off for the rescue in the incident
site met with an accident, killing a person and injuring few others. One Tam
Bahadur Kumal of Wangla-9 sitting on the vehicle's roof died in the incident.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Dipendra GC said that the
speeding bus and the truck collided and fell some 200 metres below. The bus was
badly damaged in the incident while the truck was just overturned. All the
deceased were the passengers of the bus.
"The
truck hit the bus. The bus immediately swerved off the road while the truck,
imbalanced after the collision , fell
after few minutes," Police Inspector Govinda Panthi quoted the witnesses
as saying. The driver and three passengers of the truck survived after jumping
off the vehicle.
भिडिओ हेर्न तल क्लिक गर्नु होस्
The truck loaded with some 200 cooking gas cylinders overturned
and hit the already fell bus. The cylinders scattered after the incident hit
the injured passengers of the bus. "There could be less number of
casualties if there were not gas cylinders," said Panthi.
The security personnel, after inspecting the accident, suspect
that the crash occurred mainly due to the carelessness of the truck's driver
who absconded after the incident.
The name of the deceased is listed below.
1. Bishu Acharya, Wangla-2 Arghakhanchi
2. Janardan Acharya, Wangla-2 Arghakhanchi
3. Mina Devi Acharya, Wangla-2 Arghakhanchi
4. Krishna Shrestha, Butwal
5. Chandra Lal Shrestha, Arghakhanchi
6. Abutala Alam (Indian national)
7. Dhaniswori Bagale Magar, Narapani
Arghakhanchi
8. Anita Belbase, Arghakhanchi
9. Janak Khanal, Pyuthan
10. Nur Alam (Indian national)
11. Yam Jaru (Indian national)
12. Basanti Khanal, Arghakhanchi
13. Tilkala Belbase, Arghakhanchi
14. Narendra Banjade, Dharapni Arghakhanchi
15. Chhabi Shrees, Rupandehi
16. Taam Bahadur Punam Magar, Wangla-2 Arghakhanchi
17. Ganesh Belbase, Arghakhanchi
18. Shanta Acharya, Wangla-2 Arghakhanchi
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