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Nepal bus crash kills 19, including British tourist
Nineteen people died and 25 were injured when a bus veered off Prithvi Highway into the Trishuli River; over-speeding and poor road conditions are suspected causes.
- On February 23, 2026, a passenger bus lost control and plunged 200m onto the Trishuli River bank in Dhading district, killing 19 people including a 24-year-old British national, police said.
- The vehicle, carrying dozens of passengers, was travelling from the tourist hub Pokhara to Kathmandu when it veered off the Prithvi Highway shortly after midnight, and police said over-speeding might have caused the crash.
- Authorities reported 44 people were on board, and 'The injured are undergoing treatment,' Neupane said, with wounded admitted to hospitals in Kathmandu.
- Among the injured were a Chinese national and a New Zealander, Xinhua, citing the Chinese embassy in Nepal, reported one Chinese national missing, and the UK Foreign Office was contacted for comment.
- Authorities say the event fits a broader safety problem, as police investigations continue into recurring Nepal bus accidents linked to poorly maintained roads and vehicles, with wreckage of one bus found this year.
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A British national is among 19 dead after a passenger bus fell from a hilly road in west Nepal.Only nine of the dead have been identified so far, local police said, adding that the bus was carrying 44 people in total.A New Zealander and a Chinese national were among the 25 injured when the bus headed to the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, from the tourist town of Pokhara fell 200 metres from the road at Behighat in Dhading district, 80km west of Kath…
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