25 injured in Kaski bus accident

POKHARA, Jan 16: Twenty-five people were injured, two critically, when a passenger bus met with an accident at Armla VDC near Pokhara in Kaski district, on Wednesday morning.

Five children among the injured are Ayush Pariyar, two, Prabin Pariyar, six, Syechchha Pariyar, five, Swastika Pariyar, 10 and Prajal Gurung, 14, according to police.

Radhadevi Bhattarai, Lal Kumari Nepali, Usha Pariyar, Maya Pariyar, Laxmi Pariyar, Sangeeta Timalsina, Sarada Giri, Devi Pariyar, Bimit Pariyar, Birmata Pariyar and Kharikala Nepali were also injured in the accident.

The other injured include Kopila Nepali, Amit Gurung, Tuphan Gurung, Milan Gurung, Parvati Gurung, Srijana Gurung, Amar Basnet, Lal Kumari Gurung and Gaumaya Pariyar.

All injured are undergoing treatment at Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. The bus (Ga 1 Kha 1935), while headed for Pokhara from Syalghari of Armala, overturned on the road at 11 am, police said.