NUWAKOT: At least four persons were killed and 10 were injured when a boulder fell on a passenger bus along the Trishuli-Kathmandu road section at Sisneri of Kakani in Nuwakot on Thursday.

According to the District Police Office, the deceased have been identified as driver Pradip Man BK of Bhorle VDC, Rasuwa, Raju Nepal and Chakra Bahadur Sijapati of Madanpur VDC in Nuwakot and Hariman Basnet.

Police are yet to confirm where Basnet was from. Of the injured, six have been rushed to Kathmandu for treatment, DSP Arun Kumar Poudel said.