KATHMANDU: Nine persons were killed and seven injured when their vehicle plunged into a 500 metre deep gorge in Doti district of Nepal, police said on Saturday.
The vehicle, carrying 16 persons, skidded off the mountain road at Botagan area, Xinhua news agency quoted a police officer as saying.
Four of the injured were in critical condition, the police said.The vehicle was en route to Dipayal district from Doti.
The poor condition of roads and ill-maintained vehicles are major reasons behind road accidents in the Himalayan nation.