Dang, December 13
At least six persons died when a jeep carrying wedding guests collided with a passenger bus in Lamahi Municipality of Dang district, in western Nepal, in the wee hours of Thursday.
The victims include both parents of the groom.
The Scorpio (Ba 12 Cha 3122) was heading towards Shamsherganj of Banke from Gitanagar of Chitwan after the wedding ceremony on Wednesday evening. It collided with the bus (Na 5 Kha 4090) at around 2 am today.
The bus was heading towards Kathmandu from Mahendranagar.
The victims have been identified as Man Bahadur KC (53), Bimala Khatri (45), Bishwa Nath Adhikari (49), Praveen KC (5), Deepak Kumar Khadka (31) and Datta Bahadur Khatri (78). They were all from various places of Banke district.
Man Bahadur KC and Bimala Khatri are father and mother of the groom respectively. The newlyweds are unhurt as they were on another vehicle.
Two persons have sustained injuries.
