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Kathmandu Friday October 12, 2001 Ashwin 26, 2058.
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6 killed, 23 injured in Baitadi bus mishap
Post Report
PATAN ( Baitadi), Oct 11 - At least six people died on the spot while 23
others, 12 of them seriously, sustained injuries after a passenger bus enroute to Baitadi
from Mahendranagar fell about 125 feet off the Dadeldhura-Baitadi road near a road office
on Thursday morning, according to the police.
The site of the accident is located about 35 km away from here, the district
headquarters of this northwest frontier district. The District Police Office in Patan said
that there were approximately 60 passengers travelling in the ill-fated bus (Ma 1 Kha
333).
Those who succumbed to their injuries have been identified as Jagadish Bhuj
from Shrikot (Baitadi), Narendra Singh Bohara from Dehimandu (Baitadi), the bus driver,
Dan Singh Karki and the owner of the bus, Bir Singh Karki, both from Nwali (Baitadi),
Brahmananda Joshi and Deva Bista, both from Chandani VDC (Kanchanpur).
Of the injured, 12 seriously injured passengers were rushed to Tim Hospital
in Dadeldhura, about 50 km away from the accident site, two people to Bareli in India and
others at Baitadi hospital.
Chief District Officer, Ram Krishna Bhurtel, said that al the bodies were
sent to Dadeldhura hospital for the post-mortem, as there were no doctors available at the
Baitadi hospital.
The passengers were immediately rescued by the army, the police and the
locals. Bamdev Ojha, one of the passengers, who was also injured in the accident, said the
bus was driven by another driver, who could not control the bus in a sharp mode of the
gravelled road.
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