A day on, Nepal bus-truck collision leaves 26 injured; 7 of them critical

Only on Saturday, 31 people were killed as a bus veered off the road and plunged into the Trishuli river.

In this October 28, 2017 photo, a bus is seen partially submerged in Trishuli river after an accident in Gajuri, Dhading district, some 50 km west of Kathmandu, killing 31 people, including 11 children. Just a day later, a bus collided head-on with a tipper truck in Nepal injuring 26 people, 7 of whom are in a critical condition.

Over two dozen people were injured on Sunday when a bus collided head-on with a tipper truck in Nepal, a day after 31 people were killed as an overcrowded bus plunged into river Trishuli in the Himalayan nation.

According to the police, the bus collided head-on with the tipper in Bharatpur in Chitwan district, 250 kms south of Kathmandu, on Sunday morning. Following the collision, both vehicles veered off the road into a nearby jungle area.

Among 26 people who sustained injuries in the accident, seven are in critical condition, police have said.

Superintendent of Police Deepak Thapa at the Chitwan police office said, “All injured including the bus driver are undergoing treatment at the Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur Hospital and Bharatpur College of Medical Sciences.”

Manhunt for tipper driver

“The tipper driver, however, is at large and police are searching for him,” he said.

On Saturday, an overcrowded passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into the Trishuli in central Nepal’s Dhading district, killing 31 people, including an Indian woman.