Police on Monday said that an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road in Nepal, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more.
Police official Kesh Bahadur Shahi said that the bus veered off the road near Pokharakada village on Sunday night and rolled about 2,000 feet down a slope.
Rescuers pulled out 14 bodies while three more died at a hospital.
The bus was driving on a narrow mountain road during the night when the accident happened about 400 kilometres west of Kathmandu.