Eleven people were injured when a truck, a passenger bus and a microbus collided at Dharapani in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-4, Chitwan, along the Prithvi Highway on Tuesday morning, according to the Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal. The accident occurred at around 8:45 a.m.
Source: Daily Inform IQ (APF)
The vehicles involved were a bus bearing registration Bagmati Province 03-001 Kha 2777 travelling from Sarlahi to Kathmandu, a truck numbered Province 1-02-002 Kha 0616 heading from Kathmandu towards Muglin, and a microbus numbered Bagmati Province 03-001 Ja 1259 travelling from Butwal to Kathmandu, the reports said. The Prithvi Highway is the main road linking Kathmandu with the rest of the country.
Source: Daily Inform IQ (APF)
66-member APF team deployed, injured taken to Kurintar trauma centre
Following the collision, a 66-member team from the APF Nepal's Disaster Management Training School in Kurintar was deployed for rescue operations. APF Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Thapa, the force's assistant spokesperson, said the injured were taken to local hospitals and the APF Trauma Centre in Kurintar for treatment.
Source: Daily Inform IQ (APF)
Officials had not released the identities or conditions of the injured when the reports were published, and the exact cause of the collision remained unclear and under investigation, 2 Days Bulletin reported.
Source: 2 Days Bulletin
