Five dead, 41 injured as bus and tipper collide 

April 17, Banke: Five people died and 41 others sustained injuries after a passenger-carrying bus and tipper collided head-on near Kohalpur of Banke district along the East-West Highway on Friday evening.

The police confirmed that the bus on its way to Dharan from Surkhet and a tipper without a registered number plate collided at 6 PM on Friday near Rohinikhola killing four men and a woman.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rabindra Khanal said that the tipper’s driver and another passenger travelling in it died in the incident.

Likewise, three people travelling in the passenger bus died, Khanal added.

Of the deceased, Jiban Kumar Neupane of Satakhani in Surkhet died on the spot while four others died while receiving treatment in Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur.

The injured were rushed to the Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur.

DSP Khanal stated that the health condition of seven people is critical.