KATHMANDU: At least six people were killed and 10 others injured when a passenger bus met with an accident on the East-West Highway at Binayi Triveni Rural Municipality-2 in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East).

The bus (State 3-01-006 Kha 1553) en route to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj lost control of the bus and overturned into a drain from the road, police said. Of the 18 people in the bus, including the driver, six died, 10 were injured and 2 others were unhurt.

The deceased has been identified as Nirjung Khatri, 50, of Bheriganga municipality-3 in Jajarkot district while other five deceased are yet to be established.

Among the injured are Hari Sharan Thapa of Gorkha, Tejendra Prasad Bhandari of Achham, Akriti, Sanjay Tharu, Lal Bahadur Karki of Bardiya, Pawan Budha and Prem Bam of Bajura, Anoj Khatri of Lalitpur, Aslam Bhagawan of Banke and Anil Budhathoki of Salyan.

A police team led by Police Inspector Thaman Singh Rana rescued the injured and is undergoing treatment at Madhyabindu Provincial Hospital, Danda.