Picnic Bus Accident in Pharping Kills One Person, Injures 23 Others

A picnic bus met with an accident at Lama Gaon of Dakshinkali-11 in Pharping killing one person and injuring 23 others on Saturday (December 17, 2016).

Yuvaraj KC (18), a 12th grade student at Caribbean College of Kumaripati in Lalitpur, has been identified as the deceased. Police informed that KC had died on the spot.

The bus numbered Ba 2 Kha 6922 was headed towards Makawanpur for a picnic when it skidded off and fell some 50 metres down the road at around 8:30 in the morning.

Altogether 22 students of the College and a driver were injured in the incident. Three of the students were critically injured and are being treated at the National Trauma Centre in of Kathmandu whereas others are being treated at other hospitals in the Capital, informed police.

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