BHAKTAPUR: As many as 15 people, including two kids, were injured in a road accident at Doleshwar area in the district today.

A microbus (Ba 1 Ja 8439) returning from Ashapuri Mahadev Temple had met with an accident due to brake failure.

The microbus was carrying 21 pilgrims, all of them women, to the Doleshwar and Ashapuri Temple, police said.

Two of the injured are said to be in critical condition. They are admitted to the B&B Hospital Lalitpur.

Five others at the Civil Hospital, Kathmandu and eight at the Madhyapur Hospital Bhaktapur, accordign to police.

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