Damak: A person died and 21 others were injured after a passenger-carrying bus plunged at Damak Municipality-2 in Jhapa district last night. Of the injured people, the health condition of a passenger is critical, while 20 others went home after treatment in health facilities, according to police.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Khagendra Bahadur Khadka stated that the bus (Ba 2 Kha 1983), which was carrying 35 people, was en route to Tandi in Morang district from Damak, Jhapa.
The police have detained the bus driver, Bhakta Bahadur Darji, 39, of Miklajun in Morang district, for interrogation following the accident.