Posted by: urbi October 19, 2004
Counting highway accidents
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KATHMANDU, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- At least nine persons died on the spot and 50 sustained injuries Monday afternoon when a passenger bus fell off the road in central Nepal, Radio Nepal reported Tuesday. The Manthali bound bus from Kathmandu with 80 passengers on it fell 150 meters off the road at Lakuridada village of Ramechhap district, some 100 km east of Kathmandu, the state-run radio quoted Manoj Yadav, inspector of the district police office, as saying. The mishap occurred while the passenger bus was giving side to a microbus, Yadav said. The 22 injured passengers who were in serious condition have been taken toward Kathmandu, while the other 28 are undergoing treatment at two local hospitals, he added. Enditem
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