1 dead, 23 injured in Western Nepal bus collision

KATHMANDU: One passenger lost his life and other 24 were injured when two passenger buses collided in Banke district on Saturday.
A bus (Na 4 Kha 1048) heading West from East collided with another coming from opposite directions at Mahadevpur-7 in the district along the East-West Highway.

Of the injureds, condition of five passengers is reported to be critical by the National News Service agency. Police identified the deceased as Ram Krishna Tharu, 24, of Bhimmapur VDC-8 of Bardiya district.

The injured are receiving treatment at Kohalpur teaching hospital.