KATHMANDU – Twenty-seven out of the 43 people injured in the Wednesday bus accident at Kattike, Shankharapur Municipality-5, Kathmandu, have been discharged from the hospital today, police confirmed.
According to the District Police Range, Kathmandu, the bus with the registration number Ba 2 Kha 7958 was carrying students from Satyasai Academy after a picnic in Nagarkot when it fell 20 feet off the road.
Three people lost their lives in the accident. The deceased have been identified as 11-year-old Krishal Puri from Urlabari Municipality-7, 23-year-old Suresh Tamang from Balefi Rural Municipality-7 in Sindhupalchowk, and 14-year-old Sushank Dotel from Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-3, in Sindhupalchowk.
Krishal died at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Maharajgunj, Suresh at Nepal Medical College, and Sushank at Shankharapur Hospital.
Among the injured, two are being treated at KMC Hospital, nine at NMC, one at Mediciti, two at TUTH, one at Helping Hands in Chabahil, and one at People’s Life Care Hospital. The bus driver is presently under police custody for further investigation into the accident, it is said.
