Posted by: ashu October 27, 2004
Counting highway accidents
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Another one: 46 injured in bus accidents KOL Report KATHMANDU, Oct 27 - At least 46 people were injured in two separate road accidents on Wednesday. According to reports, 25 people were injured ? two of them seriously, when a passenger bus bound to Kathmandu from Panauti of Kavre district overturned at Jagate of Bhaktapur along Arniko Highway at around 3:45 this afternoon. Among the injured, 19 are undergoing treatments at Bhaktapur Hospital while the remaining passengers have retuned home. Similarly, 21 passengers were injured when a bus heading towards Kathmandu from Bhairahawa met with an accident at Parsyauni of Nawalparasi district along Mahendra Highway today morning. District Police Office in Nawalparasi said two of the injured are in serious condition. (dds) *********************** RESULTS so far (since 11 Oct 2004): (a) DEAD: 36 + 2 = 38 dead, as per these REPORTED highway accidents in Nepal, since 11 Oct, 2004 (b) INJURED: 265 + 46 = 311-plus injured in these REPORTED highway accidents in Nepal since 11 Oct. 2004 (c) TOTAL victims (a + b) = 38 + 311 = 349-plus (d) Victims identified by their names: only 4 so far, in these reports.
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