Seven Indian nationals died and seven others were injured when an electric microbus met with an accident at Kantar in Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3, Gorkha on Saturday.

According to District Police Office Chief Bharat Bahadur BK, among them, Muthu Kumar (58),  Anamalik (58), Meenakshi (59), Sivagami (53), Vijayal (57), Meena (58), and Tamilarsi (60), died on the spot.

The incident occurred when the microbus carrying 16 devotees returning from Manakamana fell some 200 meters down the road. 

The injured have been identified as 62-year-old Soranam, 65-year-old Mangada Jalam, 75-year-old Subhadra, 65-year-old Mayal, 73-year-old Saroja, 75-year-old Bhagyalakshmi and 34-year-old Meenakshi.

They are undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College in Chitwan

The driver of the microbus, 46-year-old Pushpa Malla Thakuri of Besisahar Municipality-1, Lamjung is safe while his assistant 29-year-old Santosh Gurung of Besisahar Municipality-3, is injured. 

Police said that further investigation into the incident is underway.