6 Raj pilgrims among 7 die in Nepal accident

Kathmandu/Gangapur City: Six Rajasthan pilgrims from Gangapur City were among 7 people killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain road in Nepal’s Madhesh province on early Thursday. 1 Nepalese citizen was also killed in the accident which also injured 19 others.

The accident happened in Bara district when the bus carrying pilgrims overturned and fell some 50 metres down the road at a riverbank south of Churiamai Temple at Simara Sub-Metropolitan City.

SP Hobindra Bogati said that they have detained 3 people, including the bus driver Jilami Khan. Injured were undergoing treatment in Hetauda, police said.