Kathmandu

Tourist bus rams into shop

Tourist bus rams into shop

By Himalayan News Service

A damaged tourist bus that rammed into a shop after its driver lost control in Nayabazar, Kathmandu, on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. The driver is said to be in critical condition. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Kathmandu, December 19 A driver of a tourist bus was critically injured when he lost control and rammed the bus into a shop in Nayabazar this evening. According to Sub-inspector Ganga Budhathoki posted in Sorhakhutte, the bus first hit an electricity poll before crashing into the shutter of a shop that belongs to Raju Maharjan, a local resident. The driver, who is yet to be identified, was rushed to Manmohan Memorial Hospital in Galkopakha. Sub-inspector Budhathoki said fortunately the shop was shut and no one else was hurt.