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Five persons died and 13 others were injured  in a bus accident at Zero Point in Dharan Sub-Metropolis-13, Dharan on Sunday. 

A passenger bus (Ko 1 Kha 7119) en route to Dharan from Dhankuta hit a roadside medical building, killing five passengers, including a child, said Chandra Khadka, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sunsari. 

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

Police said that they are looking into the case. 

Four persons died in a bus accident in Shankharapur Municipality-3, Kathmandu.

Superintendent of Police Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, spokesperson of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, confirmed that four people have died and 22 others injured in the accident. 

He said that the bus (Ba 4 Kha 8788) returning from a picnic met with an accident at around 6 pm. 

The injured are being treated at various hospitals in Kathmandu. 

The bus was reportedly carrying 40 people, who were employees of the 'Nature Herb' organization, returning after a picnic, police said.

A bus bound to Kathmandu from Gaur met with an accident this morning at Tikauli Forest area in Bharatpur Metropolitan City–9, Chitwan, injuring 33 people. 

Deputy Spokesperson at the Armed Police Force office here, Shailendra Thapa informed that the injured were immediately rescued and taken to Chitwan Medical College, National City Hospital, and Bharatpur Hospital. 

The condition of all the injured is stable. 

The road that was temporarily blocked after the accident resumed operation a short while ago.

Three persons died in a bus accident at Pipal Bhanjyang in Rainadevi Rural Municipality-4, Palpa  on Wednesday.

The bus (Lumbini Province 01-001 Ja 0091) was heading  towards Mehaldhap from Amalabas in Palpa district when the incident occurred. 

The deceased have been identified as driver Kamal Rayamajhi (34) of Amalabas; Ram Bahadur Gaha (41), of Chhahara-4; and Mukta Bahadur Budhathoki (37) of Chhahara-1, according to Kamal Pradhan, Information Officer at District Police Office, Palpa.

Seriously injured in the incident, they were taken to the District Hospital, Palpa where they breathed their last during the course of treatment. 

Investigation into the incident is underway, police added.

A person died and 21 others were injured in a bus accident at Damak Municipality-2 in Jhapa district last night.

Of the injured people, the health condition of a passenger is critical, while 20 others went home after treatment in health facilities, according to police.  

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Khagendra Bahadur Khadka said the bus (Ba 2 Kha 1983) carrying 35 people was heading to Tandi in Morang district from Damak, Jhapa when the incident occurred.

Police said that they have taken bus driver Bhakta Bahadur Darji (39) of Miklajun in Morang district for interrogation.

Forty-two Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals have died after a bus taking them home overturned on a South African road, authorities have said, BBC reported.

The crash happened on Sunday night as the bus was moving through "a mountainous section" of the N1 highway in South Africa's Limpopo province, local transport officials said.

"It [then] veered off the road along a steep mountain pass and plunged down an embankment," they added.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa mourned the high death toll, which includes seven children, and said this was not only a tragedy for the country but for "our sister states of Zimbabwe and Malawi" as well, according to BBC.

At least 23 persons were injured in a bus accident in Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality-3, Gorkha on Tuesday. 

The bus (Bagmati Province 01-006 Kha 4131) belonging to Gorkha Daraundi Travels Service Pvt. Ltd was heading towards Gorkha from Kathmandu when the incident occurred at around 6 am today, DSP Indra Prasad Subedi of Gorkha informed.

Aming the injured, three to four persons are in critical condition, police said.

The injured have been sent to Arughat Hospital for treatment.

At least 18 people were killed and nine others injured when a passenger bus plunged off a bridge into a streambed in El Harrach, east of Algiers, on Friday evening, Xinhua reported.

Rescue teams, backed by divers and boats, rushed to the scene as civilians initially helped pull victims from the submerged vehicle. Two of the injured remain in critical condition, and officials cautioned the toll could rise.

A bus carrying funeral mourners overturned on the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway in western Kenya, killing 25 people and injuring 20. The passengers, believed to be from one family, were returning from a burial when the driver lost control, according to BBC.

Kenya’s Ministry of Health called for urgent blood donations, while President William Ruto urged authorities to act quickly against negligence to improve road safety. The National Transport and Safety Authority will investigate the crash.

This comes amid a rise in fatal road accidents across Kenya, underlining the urgent need for safer roads, BBC reported.

At least 15 persons  were injured after a commuter bus hit a road divider at Ratnanagar Municipality-10 in Chitwan district along the East-West Highway this morning.   

The bus (Province 1-02-001 9162) was heading towards Kathmandu from Lahan, Siraha when the incident occurred, said Rabindra Khanal, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of District Police Office, Chitwan. 

The bus was carrying 39 passengers. 

The injured passengers are receiving treatment in two hospitals in Chitwan.

Three persons died and 11 others were injured in a bus accident at Dhankuta on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as Krishna Kumari Bhujel (73) of Dhankuta Municipality-6, bus driver Rudra Tamang (51) of Dharan Sub-Metropolis-13 and Leela Bahadur Shrestha (58) of Shadananda Municipality-13.

Bhujel and Tamang died on Monday in the course of treatment at the Dhankuta Hospital while Shrestha breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences at 4 am today, said police.

The bus (Ko 1 Kha 2177) was heading towards Dhankuta from Dharan when the incident occurred.

Surya Mani Tamang and Anmol Tamang of Shadanand Municipality-13, Krishna Raut of Barahachhetra Municipality-2, Ganga Prasad Sapkota of Pauwadungma Rural Municipality3, Sabina Baraili and Devi BK of Bhojpur Municipality-11, Hansha Bahadur Rai of Sagurigadhi Rural Municipality-6, Purna Maya Tamang of Shadananda Municipality-11, Dirgha Maya Rai of Sangurigadhi Rural Municipality-6, Ayush Rai of Itahari and Dhan Kumar BK of Dhankuta-6 were injured in the accident.

They are receiving treatment at Dhankuta Hospital, Nobel Hospital and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

At least 21 persons were injured when a bus carrying Indian tourists met with an accident in Dang on Friday.

Police said that the bus (UP 32 MN 9666) was heading towards Pokhara from Lucknow when the incident occurred at Chisapani along the Gadhawa-Koilabas road section this afternoon.

The injured are receiving treatment at a local hospital.

The reason behind the accident is yet to be ascertained.

Police informed that further details about the incident are awaited. 

Two persons died and 14 others were injured in a bus accident at Dharampani in Makwanpurgadhi Rural Municipality-2, Makwanpur on Friday.

The incident occurred when the ill-fated bus (Ba Pra 01-006 Kha 7072) en route to Hetauda from Kathmandu fell some 200 metres down the road at 1 am today, according to the District Police Office, Makwanpur.

The deceased have been identified as Nilam Devi Raut (50) and Manushi Magar (13). Raut, who was seriously injured in the incident, breathed her last during the course of treatment while Magar's lifeless body was recovered from the site.

A team led by police inspector Birendra Rayamajhi was mobilized to the incident site immediately after receiving the information.. There were 15 passengers in the bus.

Among the injured, 10 are undergoing treatment at Hetauda Hospital and others at Sahakari Hospital in Makwanpur, the police added. 

At least 16 persons were injured when a commuter bus met with an accident  at Sunachuri in Manahari Rural Municipality-6 of Makwanpur along the East-West Highway this morning. 

According to the District Police Office, the incident occurred when the bus (Lu 2 Kha 599) en route to Bhairahawa from Itahari fell some 10 meters down the road. 

The injured were rescued and sent to Chitwan Hospital for treatment, office spokesperson Shyamu Aryal said. 

Bus driver Rakesh Chaudhary (29) of  Kolbi Municipality-11, Bara has been arrested for investigation into the incident.

At least people died and 15 others were injured in a bus accident at Bhuwanpata of Shitaganga Municipality-2 in Arghakhanchi district this evening. 

Police Inspector of District Police Office, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, said three people died on the spot after a bus (Lu 2 Kha 303) met with an accident.   

Police said that seven injured ones have been sent to Lubmini Provincial Hospital and eight others at a primary health care center. 

Police Inspector Paudel shared that the rescue operation is ongoing.

Details of the road mishap are awaited. 

At least 17 persons were injured when a bus they were travelling in met with an accident in Kavre on Tuesday.

The District Police Office, Kavre informed that the bus (Pradesh 3, 001-005 Kha 9942) belonging to Araniko Travels was heading towards Okhaldhunga from Kathmandu when the incident occurred at Shardha Batase in Dhulikhel-10 along the BP Highway this morning.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the Dhulikhel Hospital.

There were 24 persons on board the ill-fated bus.

Police said that the driver and assistant driver are in critical condition.