People crushed and drowned in Nepal bus crash

Albuquerque News.Net
Thursday 18th March, 2010

At least 25 people have been killed in a bus crash in Nepal.

The bus plunged into a river in western Nepal, near the village of Kittu on Thursday.

As the bus was heading towards Surkhet district it fell off the Kalikot-Surkhet highway into the swirling Karnali river below, killing 18 people on the spot.

Another seven died on the way to hospital.

Witnesses have said the bus was very overcrowded.

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03-20-10, 02:54 AM

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