Kathmandu, November 12
Ten people have died and five others have been injured after a microbus plunged off the road at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makwanpur district on Thursday morning.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Thapa, spokesperson for the Armed Police Force (APF), the accident occurred at around 6:10 am when the microbus travelling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi fell approximately 700 metres down a slope.
Preliminary police reports indicate that all 15 people aboard the vehicle were involved in the accident, with 10 confirmed dead and five injured.
A rescue team led by an APF deputy superintendent from the Bhimphedi Security Base has been deployed to the site. A joint team comprising the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel is continuing rescue operations.
Further details of the accident are awaited.
