Eighteen more bodies of commuters who drowned when a passenger bus plunged into the Trishuli River along Prithivi Highway last Tuesday were recovered on Sunday.

The bodies were recovered after the bus was pulled out of the river.

However, only fourteen bodies have been identified so far.

They have been identified as Laxmi Giri of Fuldibari area of Jhapa district, Dinesh Shrestha of Amlekhgunj, Jevan Pal of Silgudi, Mukesh Agrawal of Calcutta-India, Kalpana Chettri of Jalpaigudi-India, Hari Priya Thapa of Jhapa Damak, Ratan Agrawal of Jhapa, Dorje Lama of Gorkha, Manoranjan Pal of Darjeeling, Ekdev Bhandari of Taplejung, Anil Thapa Of Jhapa, Usha Agrawal of Calcutta, Kunti Basyent of Gorkarna and Birendra Kumar Manadal of Dhanusha.

Ten bodies had been recovered earlier. With this the total death toll in the accident has reached 28.

The ill-fated bus belonging to Tilanga Transport with registration number NA 2 KHA 7678, heading from Kakarvita to Kathmandu, fell 250 meters from the road at Jyamireghat when it collided with a taxi coming from opposite direction on 7th March.