Twenty-two passengers were injured when a bus met with an accident at Bijauna in Manahari Rural Municipality-7, Makwanpur, on Sunday.

According to Pushkar Bogati, Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson of Makwanpur District Police Office, a passenger bus with the registration number Ba 06–001 Kh 0054, heading towards to Chitwan from Birgunj, went out of control and crashed into an electric pole on the left side of the road, injuring 22 passengers traveling in the bus. 

DSP Bogati said that the injured were rescued and sent to Chitwan Hospital for treatment.