Those critically injured are Tej Bahadur Rokka, 30, of Mulkharka-1, Sankhuwasabha, Ratna Tamang, 42, of Change-6, Taplejung, Dipendra Ram, 22, of Bhokraha-8, Sunsari and the bus driver Subhash Thapa, 30, of Dangihat, Morang. [break]
The bus driver is undergoing treatment at Nobel Medical College and the rest at Neuro Hospital in Biratnagar, police said.
The mishap happened after the bus (Ba 4 Kha 1041) en route to Kakadbhitta from Kathmandu rear-ended a truck (Na 2 Kha 2630) at around 5 am along the Lokmarg road section of the highway, eye witnesses said.
Police said the bus, then, fell some 50 meters down from the road. The incident site is located some 5 kilometers west of the Lahan.
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