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Kathmandu Wednesday July 25, 2001 Shrawan 10, 2058.
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17 killed in road mishaps
Post Report
KATHMANDU, July 24 - At least seventeen people have
been killed in three separate road accidents in Damauli, Butwal and Siraha on Tuesday
morning, according to the police from the respective areas.
The area police office of Damauli said that 11 people died
and 14 others severely injured as the bus (Ga.1.Kha 1032) ferrying 35 passengers skidded
off the highway and plunged into Marsyangdi River near the Marsyangdi Power House, Abu
Khairani.
Nine of the dead were killed instantly and two died while
under-going treatment at the Bharatpur Hospital. According to the source, only one of the
bodies has been identified and that is of Deputy Superintendent of police, Shree kaji
Thapa.
Bus driver, Jeet Bahadur Khadka who was among the survivors
said that the bus went berserk after he applied the sudden brakes while overtaking a truck
and a bus.
He said that he tried his best to control after applying
brakes but didn’t succeed. "I lost consciousness for a moment after the bus
overturned. After I regained consciousness, I went to the police check post to inform
about the fateful mishap." said Khadka.
Likewise, the area police office in Butwal said that three
people including a jeep driver died instantly while seven others, two of them seriously,
were injured when a goods laden truck and a jeep collided head-on with each other in the
Butwal Municipality this morning.
Police said that the driver of the jeep (Lu 1 Ja 860), Devi
Prasad Kandel, and two other passengers - Lal Bachhan Singh and an unidentified person -
were among those to be killed in the fatal collision.
Five of the seven injured in the collision went home after
receiving minor treatment at the Butwal Zonal Hospital while two seriously injured are
still undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said.
Meanwhile, in another road accident in Siraha district, three
people were killed on the spot when a passenger bus en route to Mirchaiya from Katari ran
over them at Phulbariya VDC today morning.
Deputy Superintendent of Police in Siraha, Chiranjibi
Devkota, said that the bus with the number plate of Na 2 Kha 3754 hit them while crossing
the road.
Those killed in the accident have been identified as Goma
Devi Tiwari, 65, Asarpi Sah, 60, and eight years old boy Anjan Kumar Ghimire, all of them
from Phulbariya VDC-8. Two people travelling in the same bus were injured, who were
admitted at a local the local hospital, police said.
Although the bus driver remained absconded shortly after the
accident, police have taken the bus under their control for necessary investigation.
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