ROLPA, NOVEMBER 19

Four people including the driver died while 19 others sustained injuries after a bus fell below the road in Madi Rural Municipality-4 of Rolpa district on Thursday evening.

The bus (Na 3 Kha 5518) en route to Thawang of Rolpa from Ghorahi of Dang district skidded off the road and fell some 200 metres below at Tarkebang, killing three men and a woman, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)Naresh Raj Subedi said.

The deceased have been identified as Bir Man Budha, 40, Kumar Pun, 50, and Dipak Roka, 29, of Paribartan Rural Municipality, police said. However, the identity of the deceased woman has yet to be ascertained.

Four people had also died near Ghartigaun of Madi Rural Municipality in the district in a road mishap that occurred last week.