A person died and 17 others were injured when a bus and a microbus collided with each other in Ichhakamana of Chitwan district on Thursday.

The bus (Na 6 Kha 1340) heading towards Bajhang from Kathmandu collided head-on with the microbus (Lu 2 Kha 3502) en route of Kathmandu from Bhairahawa at Chumlingtar in Ichhakamana-3 of Chitwan at around 5 pm yesterday.

A person, who was critically injured in the incident, breathed his last during the course of treatment while the injured are also receiving the treatment.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.