One Dead, 16 Injured in Bus Accident in Udayapur

Udayapur. A passenger bus going from Kathmandu to Dharan met with an accident in Surkhe, Trijuga Municipality-7, on the Madan Bhandari Lokmarg in Udayapur, killing one person and injuring 16 others.

According to the Chief of the District Police Office, Rajan Chapagain, Sonu Basnyal, 18, of Basaha, Chaudandigadhi Municipality, died in the accident. Of the 35 people on the bus, 16 were injured. Among them, the seriously injured bus co-driver Dhan Bahadur Jogi has been sent to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.