Fourteen passengers were injured when a bus they were travelling in collided with a truck at Maisthan area on the Mahendra Highway in Mahottari district Thursday night.

The Na-2-Kha 5004 of Aina Travels bus heading for Biratnagar from Birjung lost balance and hit a cargo truck parked on the roadside.

Nine of the passengers were critically injured in the accident, according to reports.