35 killed in bus accident in Nepal
July 15th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANSKathmandu, July 15 (IANS) At least 35 people, most of them Indians, were killed in a road accident in western Nepal Sunday afternoon after the bus they were travelling by veered off the road and fell into a canal, police said.
The accident took place in Nawalparasi district when an overcrowded bus fell into the water while heading towards Triveni, a Hindu pilgrimage site, 100 km from capital Kathmandu, Xinhua quoted police superintendent Gyan Bikram Shah as saying.
The passengers were to participate in a Bolbum religious fair, he added.
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