SINDHUPALCHOWK, Oct 11: The death toll has climbed to 11 in Sindhupalchowk bus accident. Earlier, it was reported that eight persons were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a bus met with an accident at Indrawati rural municipality in Sindhupalchowk on Friday morning.
The incident occurred when the ill-fated bus (Ba 2 Kha 2715) skidded off the highway at Bhotsipa and fell some 200 meters down. According to witnesses, the bus was overcrowded.
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The bus was en route to Kathmandu from Sipatar of Sindhupalchowk when it met with the accident. Authorities are working to airlift the injured to Kathmandu for further treatment.
