Screenshot of Nepal taken from Google108 others have been injured as the crowded vehicle slipped and fell more than 50 metres at a bendAn overloaded bus plunged down a hill in central Nepal, killing at least 11 and injuring 108 people, an official said Saturday. The packed bus was ferrying passengers -- who had been celebrating the Hindu festival of Dashain -- from Sindhupalchowk to neighbouring Kathmandu. But the crowded vehicle slipped and fell more than 50 metres at a bend. "Six people were killed instantly and five more passed away on the way to hospital or while being treated," district official Goma Devi Chemjong told AFP. TKP: 11 killed and dozens injured in Sindhupalchok bus accident - https://t.co/6xCxdGTaid — Nepal News English (@Nepal_News_En) October 11, 2019Chemjong said 108 people were injured but only 39 were kept for treatment.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2019 07:07 UTC