The death toll in Thursday morning's electric microbus crash at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makwanpur district has risen to 14, with six other passengers injured, Online Khabar reported on Thursday evening, citing district police.

Source: Online Khabar

The higher toll is a major update to the crash as first reported earlier on Thursday, when initial reports from the scene put the toll at 10 dead and five injured. As rescue work continued and the wreckage was fully searched, officials revised the count to 14 dead and six injured, with later counts putting 20 people on board the vehicle.

Source: Daily Thanthi

The electric Hiace microbus, registration Madhes Province 03-001 Ja 0880, was travelling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi when it veered off the Bhimphedi–Kulekhani–Kathmandu road at around 5:45 am and plunged about 500 metres down the slope. Most of the victims were from Sarlahi district and, according to Makwanpur district police spokesperson DSP Madhav Prasad Kafle, many were travelling home for the Chhath festival. The driver was also among those killed, and the injured were taken to Hetauda Hospital.

Authorities have so far identified 11 of the 14 people who died, the EFE news agency reported, adding that six of the dead — including three children — belonged to the same family. The cause of the crash has not yet been established.

Source: EFE via Democrata

Five-member probe panel formed

Following the accident, the Makwanpur District Administration Office has formed a five-member committee to investigate the cause of the crash and submit its report within seven days. Officials have flagged overloading, driver negligence, route permits, road infrastructure and traffic signage among the issues to be examined, noting that several accidents have occurred along the same stretch over the past 13 months.

Source: Daily Thanthi

Road crashes remain one of Nepal's deadliest everyday risks: according to Nepal Police figures reported by the IANS news agency, 2,707 people were killed in road accidents across the country during the 2025-26 fiscal year, which ended in mid-July.

Source: IANS via Asia Post