UDAYAPUR: One person died and 16 others were injured when a passenger bus travelling from Kathmandu to Dharan crashed at Surkhe in Triyuga Municipality-7 along the Madan Bhandari Highway in Udayapur.
According to District Police Office Chief Rajan Chapagain, the deceased has been identified as 18-year-old Sonu Basial of Basaha, Chaudandigadhi Municipality.
Of the 35 people aboard the bus, 16 sustained injuries in the accident.
The bus’s assistant driver, Dhan Bahadur Jogi, who was seriously injured, was taken to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan for treatment.
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