Two electrocuted as moving bus comes in contact with live wire in Salyan

Two persons died on the spot and 18 others were injured, one seriously when a moving bus came in contact with a live wire at Chorkhola in Kapurkot Rural Municipality-3 of Salyan. Gopal Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Salyan, said that the two passengers died on the spot when the bus (Ra 1 Kha 834) heading towards Rolpa from Tulsipur, Dang touched the wire of 33 KV transmission line. The injured are undergoing treatment at the Kapurkot Health Post in Salyan, he said.