Key Takeaways:

• Eleven people, including the driver, were injured in a highway crash
• Microbus hit a concrete divider at a road diversion in Aanbukhaireni
• Vehicle was travelling from Mugling to Pokhara
• All injured were taken to Aanbukhaireni Hospital for treatment

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 2 Eleven people, including the driver, were injured after a microbus crashed into a concrete divider along the Prithvi Highway in Tanahun on Sunday evening. The accident occurred at Baradi in Aanbukhaireni Rural Municipality-2 when a microbus travelling from Mugling towards Pokhara reportedly went out of control and struck a divider installed for a road diversion. Police said the vehicle, bearing registration number Ba 4 Kha 8419, was carrying passengers from several districts, including Kaski, Parsa, Baglung, Mahottari and Tanahun. Among the injured is driver Bhadra Bahadur Shah, 37, of Putalibazar Municipality-1 in Syangja. All injured passengers were taken to Aanbukhaireni Hospital for treatment. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash, including the factors that caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.