Kathmandu - Four passengers have died after a bus carrying passengers returning from a picnic crashed in Shankharapur, Kathmandu.
22 passengers were injured when the bus, which was returning from Jarsingpauwa to Sankhu, fell off the road.
The police have identified the deceased as Kamna Sharma, 49, of Banke Kohalpur, Indira Limbu, 51, of Taplejung, and Shanti Gupta, 55, of Pepsicola, Kathmandu, while the identity of the other is yet to be revealed. Spokesperson of the Valley Traffic Police Office and Superintendent of Police Naresh Raj Subedi said that the Mahanagar Yatayat bus (Ba 4 Kha 8788) returning from a picnic fell about 100 meters off the road at Phedi Jungle, Shankharapur Municipality-3.
Police said that the injured are being treated at Shankharapur Hospital, Mulpani Nagar Hospital, Sushma Koirala Hospital, Sankhu, Nepal Medical College, Jorpati, People's Life Care Hospital, and Teaching Hospital.
