Ghasikuwa bus accident update: 2 injured died during treatment, 9 sent to Pokhara for treatment

KATHMANDU: Two people died when a passenger bus accident occurred in Byas Municipality-2 Ghansikuwa of Tanahun.

36 people were injured in the morning bus accident, and two died while receiving treatment.

The bus Ga 1 Kha 7895, which was traveling from Dharan to Pokhara, was involved in an accident this morning at Byas Municipality-12 Ghansikuwa in Tanahun, which is located under the Prithviraj highway.

According to the Tanahun District Police Office, two persons who were injured in the accident died during treatment.

Those killed in the accident are 45-year-old Hasta Rai of Sagurigadhi Rural Municipality-9, Dhankuta district and 50-year-old Top Bahadur Magar whose address could not be ascertained, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Bahadur Khand at the District Police Office Tanahun.

Rai died at Ratnahari Hospital and Magar at Damauli Hospital, DSP Khand said.

Preety Yadav, 15, of Mahadev-6, Saptari district has been discharged from hospital after primary treatment while the remaining 33 injured are receiving treatment, according to the police.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Bahadur Khan, individuals injured in the accident are being treated at Damauli and Ratnahari hospitals.

Nine of the injured, including the bus driver, 23-year-old Homlal Palli Magar of Sarumaharani-5, Pyuthan and the bus helper, 30-year-old Ajit Pariyar of Pokhara Metropolitan City, have been taken to Pokhara for further treatment, said police.