Kavre bus plunge: Death toll reaches 33, injured sent to Kathmandu
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reached 33, the District Police Office, Kavre, said. All of them had died on the spot.As many as 43 others have been injured in the incident, police said.The injured were rescued from the incident site and sent to different hospitals in Dhulikhel and Kathmandu for treatment.The ill-fated passenger bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 106 had plunged 500 metres down the road after the driver lost control of it, police said.After receiving reports that some people are unaccounted for, police said, they are searching the incident site.Fifteen of the injured have been sent to Dhulikhel for treatment, while 28 others, including a woman, were airlifted to Kathmandu by a Nepali Army chopper.Among those brought to Kathmandu, 18 people are admitted to the Trauma Centre while 10 others are receiving treatment in the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.Some of the injured are said to be in very critical condition.
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