By Shirish B PradhanKathmandu, Oct 29 (PTI) Over two dozen people wereinjured today when a bus collided head-on with a tipper truckin Nepal, a day after 31 people were killed as an overcrowdedbus plunged into a river in the Himalayan nation.
According to the police, the bus collided head-on withthe tipper in Bharatpur in Chitwan district, 250 kms south ofKathmandu, this morning. Following the collision, bothvehicles veered off the road into a nearby jungle area.
Among 26 people who sustained injuries in the accident,seven are in critical condition, police said.
Superintendent of Police Deepak Thapa at the Chitwanpolice office said, "All injured including the bus driver areundergoing treatment at the Chitwan Medical College, BharatpurHospital and Bharatpur College of Medical Sciences".
"The tipper driver, however, is at large and police aresearching for him," he said.
Yesterday, an overcrowded passenger bus veered off a roadand plunged into a river in central Nepal's Dhading district,killing 31 people, including an Indian woman. PTI SBPKUN.
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