Six persons died and 18 others were injured when a bus met with an accident at Khursani in Rainadevi Chahara Rural Municipality-8 of Palpa on Thursday. Palpa police confirmed that six persons died on the spot when the bus (Ga 1 Kha 4977) towards Khursani, Satyadevi, Palpa from Saljhandi, Rupandehi fell some 100 meters down the road at around 10 pm yesterday. Birendra Thapa, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Palpa, Guna Kumari Gaha (45), Dan Kumari Khatri (21), Khem Kumari Rana (54), Nirmala Ghimire (33), Suruma Ghimire (11), and Bima Pandey (11) died in the incident.

Police said that the injured are undergoing treatment at the Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Butwal and Edmond City Hospital in Jitgadhi.