Doti accident death toll rises to 17

DOTI, May 5: A passenger who was among those gravely injured in Wednesday´s bus accident at Chaukhutte, Doti died in the course of treatment, raising the accident´s death toll to 17.



Raju Chaudhary of Rambhapur-8, Bardiya, died while being taken for treatment from Padma Hospital, Attariya, to Lucknow, India.



The bus (Na 4 Kha 4018) traveling from Dhangadi to Sanfebagar, Achham, veered of the road at Chaukhutte, Kadamandu-2, and fell 300 meters.

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