Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Doti bus accident: Death toll climbs to 30

Posted by Anup Baral October 07, 2014 :


The government on Tuesday formed a high-level probe committee to investigate Monday’s fatal bus accident in Doti district. Thirty people have been killed while forty others have been injured in yesterday’s passenger bus accident in Doti.Earlier, 27 people died on the spot after a Dhangadhi-bound bus met with an accident along the rural road at Chhatiwan VDC-5 in Doti district. Likewise, nine of the deceased passengers hailed from Saraswotinagar village. Seventeen others injured are in critical condition, police informed. The probe committee includes Rabindra Shrestha, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Physical Planning and Transport, along with the representatives from Traffic Police Headquarter, Road Department, and Department of Transport Management. Shrestha is the coordinator of the committee .

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