Nine more people die in bus accident Nine more persons died and at least four dozen others were injured when a passenger bus traveling from Kathmandu to Manthali of Ramechhap district in central Nepal fell some 100 meters off the road at Lakuridada in Dolakha district Monday afternoon. According to police, a girl child and a woman were also among the dead. Police said the injured people were undergoing treatment at local health posts. Some of them have already left for their houses after primary treatment. Preliminary reports said the bus was overloaded with people on the way to their houses on the occasion of Dashain. Earlier, at least four persons died and two dozen others were injured when two passenger buses collided along the Mahendra highway at Paurahi in Rautahat district Monday morning. nepalnews.com by Oct 18 04