POKHARA: As many as 13 persons were injured as a passenger bus collided with a truck head-on along the Prithvi Highway in Lekhanath Municipality, Kaski district, on Tuesday afternoon.

The passenger bus (Na 5 Kha 1073) heading to Damauli from Pokhara and truck (Ba 1 Kha 9318) coming from the opposite direction collided with each other at Lame Aahal of Lekhanath-13 along the Prithvi Highway at around 2 pm today.

The injured have been receiving treatment at Pokhara-based Manipal Teaching Hospital and Western Regional Hospital, said police.