Ramechhap, January 20
One man died when a passenger bus fell off the road in Machhedandi, near the district headquarters Manthali, in Ramechhap district, around 120 kilometres east of Kathmandu.
The bus (Ba 4 Kha 4210) was heading to Kathmandu from Gharakhori of Okhaldhunga district when it met with the accident at around 12 pm today.
The victim has been identified as Om Karki (25), from Champadevi Rural Municipality-6 of Okhaldhunga, informs Inspector Ravi Bhushan Yadav of the District Police Office.
Around 20 passengers have sustained injuries and six of them are critical, according to Yadav. The critical ones have been referred to Kathmandu for further treatment.
The rest are undergoing treatment at Manthali-based Tamakoshi Cooperative Hospital.