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Ten of the 12 people, who died in a bus accident that took place earlier today near Manthali, the district headquarters of Ramechhap, have been identified.

They are Bhim Bahadur Tamang (38), Sanumaya Tamang (35), Ramita Tamang (26) and Tara Tamang (31) of Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality-7 in Ramechhap; Babi Tamang (22) and Dipendra Basnet (26) of Likhu Tamakoshi-4; Dipesh Basnet of Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality-6; Man Kumari Baruwal (45) of Likhu-6; Shiva Shrestha (34) of Golanjor Rural Municipality-6 in Sindhuli; and Man Bahadur Tamang (60) of Bhimeshwor Municipality-8 in Dolakha, according to Manthali Hospital’s Medical Superintendent Dr Keshab Singh Dhami.

The identities of two others are yet to be ascertained.

Ramechhap’s Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bhola Bhatta, said eight people, including the driver, were injured in the accident and are being treated at Khurkot-based Jeevan Hospital, Manthali Hospital, and Tamakoshi Hospital.

Police have taken the bus driver into custody. 

The search for the remaining passengers is underway.

The accident occurred when the bus (Pradesh 03-01-005 Kha 9975) of Araniko Yatayat, heading to Okhaldhunga from Kathmandu, veered off the road and plunged into Tamakoshi River at Masantar of Manthali Municipality-6 this morning.

At least four persons died in a bus accident near Manthali of Ramechhap district on Tuesday.

DSP Bhola Bhatta of the District Police Office, Ramechhap said that six people including the bus driver were injured in the incident. 

The accident took place when the bus belonging to Araniko Transport heading towards Okhaldhunga from Kathmandu plunged into Tamakoshi river at Masantar in Manthali Municipality-6, Ramechhap.

Some of the injured have been rescued and taken to the nearby hospital for treatment. 

Problems have surfaced to carry out rescue operations as the bus has been plunged into the river, added Bhatta. 

Details of the accident are awaited.

The bus belonging to Araniko Travels plunged into the Tamakoshi River near Triveni, Ramechhap on Tuesday.

According to the District Police Office, Ramechhap, some passengers were seriously injured when the bus heading towards  Polthali in Okhaldhunga from Kathmandu met with an accident this morning.

It has been reported that locals are rescuing the injured. 

Further details are awaited. 

The death toll in a Baitadi bus accident has reached 13. 

The bus was carrying wedding attendants. 

Eight among them died on the spot and five others breathed their last at Dadeldhura Hospital. 

The Bajhang-bound bus (Supa Province 02 001 Kha 1119) from Purchaidi Municipality-7, Bhawane of Baitadi  met with an accident at Purchaidi-7 Badgaun Mode on Thursday. 

Baitadi Police Chief Deepak Kumar Roy said that 40-year-old Keshav Raj Joshi of Bitthadchir Rural Municipality-7, Bajhang, 13-year-old Ashok Raj Joshi from the same place, 35-year-old Basanta Joshi, 41-year-old Bisna Dutta Joshi, 60-year-old Mohan Dev Bhatta of Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, Bajhang, 40-year-old Basanta Raj Ratala of Jayaprithvi Municipality, Bajhang, and 40-year-old Pushpa Awasthi of Purchaudi-7, Baitadi died on the spot. The identity of a person is yet to be established. 

Those pronounced dead at Dadeldhura Hospital include 17-year-old Bisna Dutta Joshi of Bitthadchir Rural Municipality-7, Bajhang, 28-year-old Deepk Raj Joshi of the same place, 46-year-old Kisana Dutta Joshi, 27-year-old Keshav Raj Bhatta from Bassi, Kedarsyu Municipality-7, and 15-year-old Sushil Joshi of Purchaudi Municipality-7, Baitadi. 

Thirty-four others injured in the accident are being treated in Dadeldhura, Dhangadhi, and Bajhang. 

The bride and groom, however, were not onboard the bus, it has been informed. 

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.