Update: Ten dead, six injured in Chhath-bound EV crash in Makwanpur
Summary
Ten people were killed and six others injured when an electric vehicle carrying passengers to Sarlahi for Chhath plunged off a mountain road in Makwanpur. Police identified the driver as Ravi Shankar Kumar Mandal and are investigating the cause of the crash.
Key Points
- Ten people were killed and six others injured when an EV carrying Chhath travellers from Kathmandu to Sarlahi crashed in Makwanpur.
- Police identified the driver as Ravi Shankar Kumar Mandal of Kabilasi Municipality-8, Sarlahi, and said the cause remains under investigation.
- The vehicle fell about 500 metres off the Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Kathmandu road at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6.
- Rescue operations continued with Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and the Nepali Army, while injured passengers were treated at Hetauda Hospital.
