Identities of all 15 deceased of Sankhuwasabha bus accident assertained

Sankhuwasabha: Identities of all the 15 deceased of the Sankhuwasabha bus accident have been ascertained.

According to Police, 14 passengers died on the spot, and an injured died while undergoing treatment. The identity of all the diseased has been confirmed.

The deceased are Samikshya Yonjan, 31, of Taplejung and her eight-year-old son Sudeep Ghising, Sita BK, 30, Indra Adhikari, 38, Anjana Katuwal, 32, and five-year-old daughter, Dikshya Katuwal, daughter of Tulasa Katuwal of Madi-6, Deepak Kumar Dahal, 48, Shyam Sherpa, 55, and Bhawani Prasad Dahal, 49, of Madi-5.

Chief of the District Police Office, Sankhuwasabha, Laldhoj Subedi, said that Aait Bahadur Tamang, 38, Sabita Karki, 28 and assistant driver Umesh Bhattarai, 35, of Madi-4, driver Bipin Niraula, 30, of Aunshidanda in Tehrathum and Bal Bahadur Karki, 60, of Madi-4 were killed in the accident.

All of them died on the spot in the accident while Yuka Pokhrel from Solukhombu died while undergoing treatment in hospital.

The accident took place when a bus en route to Damak of Jhapa from Okharbote of Madi fell around 300 meters off the road near Saatghumti of Madi-6 this morning, said police.

The injured—Dambar Bahadur Karki, Karisma Tamang, Tulasa Katuwal, Subas Tamang and Yuwa Pokharel have been airlifted to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, in a Nepali Army’s chopper for further treatment.