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At least 24 people have been killed and dozens injured after an overcrowded bus veered off a mountain road and crashed into a stream 200 meters downhill.
An official at the Nepal’s northwestern Jajarkot district said that 16 people were killed instantly, while the other eight died in hospital yesterday. The nearest hospital was struggling to cope with the number of casualties and some people were being taken to other districts for treatment, he said.
The officials blamed the accident on overcrowding, saying that there were about 50 passengers on the bus. The vehicle, which was travelling down a narrow and windy road from the village of Khalanga in Jajarkot district to Khara in Rukun.