A bus carrying Indian pilgrims plunges off a mountain road in Nepal, killing 7
Seven Indian pilgrims died and nine others were injured when a microbus slipped off a mountain road returning from Manakamana Temple, police said.
- A passenger bus carrying Indian pilgrims slipped off a mountain road and rolled down its slopes in central Nepal, killing 7 Indian pilgrims and injuring 9 others.
- The bus was returning from the popular Manakamana Hindu temple when the accident occurred on a path leading from the highway to the temple near Shahid Lakhan village, about 120 km west of Kathmandu.
- The bus went downhill and slipped off a curve, rolling down the mountainside about 150 meters before landing in a ravine, with police and villagers pulling out the injured for treatment.
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7 die in Nepal as bus carrying Indian pilgrims plunges off mountain road
A passenger bus carrying Indian pilgrims slipped off a mountain road and rolled down its slopes in central Nepal, killing seven people and leaving nine more injured, police said Sunday. All seven killed were Indian pilgrims, and seven other Indian pilgrims on board were injured and taken to nearby hospitals to get medical treatment. The other two injured in the crash, which happened on Saturday night, were the Nepali bus driver and his assistant…
Seven Indian pilgrims killed, many injured as bus plunges off road in Nepal
A passenger bus carrying Indian pilgrims veered off the road and plunged down a slope in central Nepal, leaving seven people dead and seven others injured, police said. The accident occurred in Nepal's Gandaki Province on Saturday. According to police, the microbus was returning from Manakamana Temple when it lost control and fell off the road in Gorkha district. Police said the electric microbus carrying 16 devotees was returning from Manakaman…
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