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Narayenghad, Nepal: the death toll in the Chitwan bus accident has reached 22. A passenger bus that had left for Pokhara from Gaur of Rautahat district had met with the accident while it had plunged into the Trishuli River on Friday morning.
Twenty passengers had breathed their last on the spot while the bodies of the two passengers were recovered latter from the Trisuli River.
The ill-fated bus with registration number Ga. Kha 3709 had veered off the road and plunged into the Trishuli River at Chandibhanjyang -5, Kalikhola along the Narayanghat-Mugling road section at around 4 am on Friday.
Among the dead, ten are identified yet.
According to the Chitwan Police, among the 10 identified deceased persons 8 persons are from the Rautahat district while two are from India.
Chitta Ranjan Yadav, Rakesh Yadav , Brij Kishor Kushhawa Pramod Ram Ganesh Kumar Sah Rajesh Prasad Yadav Jogendra Giri were from Rautahat while Thekan Thakur and Shannkar from India.
