Mugu: Twenty-two people have died and 18 got injured when a passenger bus met with an accident near Mugu Jumla border at Chhayanath Rara-7 of Mugu on Tuesday.

According to Rom Bahadur Mahat, the Chief District Officer of Mugu, a bus heading to Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu from Nepalgunj, met with an accident at Pina Jyarikhol of Chhayanath Rara this morning.

Mahat informed that a police team and locals have reached the spot for rescue. Full details of the accident are still to come.