KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 1

Two persons died while other two sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling on fell below the road in Sinja Rural Municipality-2 of Jumla district on Wednesday morning.

According to police, the deceased have been identified as Nabin Rawal and Bishal Bom.

The incident occurred when the bus (Na 6 Kha 4438), en route to Nepaljung from Gothijyula, lost control and skidded off the road and fell some 200 metres below at Ghodenga, informed Jumla Chief District Officer, Bijaya Kumari Prasai.

It has been reported that only four persons were travelling in the bus at the time of the incident.

A police rescue team with an ambulance has been sent to the accident site, the District Police Office, Jumla said.