Post-mortem of all deceased to be carried out in Chitwan
Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepak Rai said that the bodies of 26 people who died in the accident were sent from the Ambukhaireni Hospital to Chitwan for a post-mortem.
Kathmandu: The post-mortem of bodies recovered from the fatal bus accident that took place on Friday is to be held in Chitwan.
The accident took place as a passenger bus with visitors from India fell into the Marsyangdi River in Ainpahara, Ambukhaireni Rural Municipality-2 of Tanahun under the Prithviraj Highway.
A total of 27 people were killed when the bus with an Indian registration number plate (UP 53 FT 7623), on its way from Pokhara to Kathmandu, fell into the Marsyangdi River.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepak Rai said that the bodies of 26 people who died in the accident were sent from the Ambukhaireni Hospital to Chitwan for a post-mortem.
Meanwhile, 16 people injured in the accident were airlifted to Kathmandu for further medical treatment. They are undergoing treatment at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. Police said all the deceased and injured are from the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra State of India.
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