Seven people, including five from the same family, injured in minibus accident in Chitwan

CHITWAN, June 30: Seven people, including five from the same family, were injured in a minibus accident in Chitwan.

The accident occurred at 6:30 am this morning on the Narayanghat-Mugling road stretch under Bharatpur Metropolitan City when the driver of the electric minibus (Ba Pra 06-001 Ja 0182), travelling towards Mugling, lost control of the vehicle.

Among the injured are five family members of 42-year-old Ekraj Bhattarai of Bharatpur-9. Bhattarai’s wife Nirmala Bhattarai, her 10-year-old daughter Eliza Bhattarai, her 8-year-old daughter Yanusha Bhattarai and her 4-year-old son Anuj Bhattarai were injured. Chitwan police have reported that their condition is stable. They are currently undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College in Bharatpur.

In addition, 50-year-old Ram Prasad Chapagai of Khairahani Municipality-8 and 21-year-old Nabin Bhattarai of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-4 were injured. Chitwan police told Republica that the condition of the injured was moderate to fair.