Eight die in bus accident

October 7, 2001
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Eight persons died on the spot Sunday morning and many others were injured in Dang district when a bus met with an accident near Masot river, police said.

The passenger bus was bound for Nepalgunj from Dang. The injured are being treated at Bheri Anchal Hospital in Nepalgunj and another medical facility in Dang. Police said some of the injured are critical. The doctors could not be contacted for comments.

The reason of the accident was also not immediately known. However, police suspect that the bus was overloaded. It is not known how many passengers were in the ill-fated bus.