In Nepal, four women and one man were killed while 20 others sustained injuries after a passenger bus met with an accident in Arghakhanchi district of Lumbini Province today. According to police, the bus carrying around 30 passengers was returning to Parbat district after a pilgrimage visit to the Supa Deurali temple when it veered off the road and plunged nearly 100 metres at Durgaphant Kudule in Panini Rural Municipality-8.
Rescue operations were carried out jointly by local residents and police personnel. The injured were rescued and shifted to the District Hospital in Arghakhanchi and Mission Hospital in Palpa for treatment.
