Bus Crash Near Dhading Kills 17, Including Two Foreign Nationals

Summary

A passenger bus accident near Charaundi in Dhading killed 17 people, including two foreign nationals, and injured 28 others. The bus, traveling from Pokhara to Kathmandu, plunged into the Trishuli River bank.

Key Points
  • Seventeen people, including two foreign nationals, died in a bus accident near Charaundi in Dhading.
  • The bus was traveling from Pokhara to Kathmandu when it plunged into the Trishuli River bank along the Prithvi Highway.
  • 11 men and six women died at the accident scene.
  • 28 injured individuals were rescued; some are treated locally and others sent to Kathmandu hospitals.
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