Two dead and 28 injured in school bus accident in Pokhara

Two people, including a student, were killed and 28 others injured when a school bus crashed in Pokhara Metropolitan City’s Ward 21, Kaski, on Sunday.

The deceased were a 35-year-old employee of LP Devkota Memorial School in Pokhara-17 and her six-year-old son, a senior kindergarten student. The woman died at the scene of the accident while the boy succumbed to his injuries during treatment at Gandaki Medical College.

According to police, the bus skidded on a hairpin bend on the way back to school from Ramdi and fell about 50 meters.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Basanta Kumar Sharma, spokesperson for Kaski police, 13 of the injured are being treated at Gandaki Medical College, 12 at Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences and three at Manipal Teaching Hospital.

The story has been updated.