36 injured as bus carrying students meet with an accident in Ilam

KATHMANDU: Thirty-six people were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident at Kolbung along Mechi Highway in Rong Rural Municipality-3 of Ilam district on Sunday evening.

According to DSP Prakash Jabegu, the information officer at the District police office, Ilam, the bus heading to Jhapa from Kanyam was carrying students on an educational trip from Janakpur.

“The bus fell around 300 meters off the road. Of the 37 passengers on board, a police team deployed by the Area Police Office, Pashupatinagar, rescued 36 and sent them to Jhapa for treatment,” Jagebu said in a statement. “One child of around 10-12 years is stuck in a tree. Efforts are underway to rescue him.”