PALPA: At least seven people have been killed when a bus skidded off the road and fell approximately 60 metres at Laghuwa of Ribdikot Rural Municipality-2 in Palpa district today.
Eight injured people have been sent to a hospital in Tansen, said the police. The identity of the deceased has yet to be established.
The police and local people have launched a rescue operation. The accident took place at around 10:30 am.
The ill-fated bus (Lu 1 Kha 7279) was headed to Ridi from Butwal.
