14 die after bus falls into Marsyangdi river in Nepal

KATHMANDU: At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured after an Indian tourist bus veered off the highway and fell 150 metres into the fast-flowing Marsyangdi River in central Nepal on Friday, authorities said.

The bus from Gorakhpur was heading towards the capital, Kathmandu, from the resort town of Pokhara when it drove off the highway in Aaina Pahara in the Tanahun district.

There were 43 people, including the driver and the co-driver, in the bus with the registration number UP 53 FT 7623.

“An Indian tourist bus travelling from Pokhara to Kathmandu with around 43 Indians fell 150 metres into the Marshyandi River today,” the Embassy of India said in a post on X.