Death Toll Rises to 12 in Passenger Bus Crash in Ramechhap's Selaghat
Kathmandu. The death toll in the passenger bus accident in Selaghat, Ramechhap, on Tuesday has reached 12.
The passenger bus, bearing registration number Province-3-01-005 Kha 9975, which was traveling from Kathmandu to Okhaldhunga, fell into the Tamakoshi River. Eleven of the deceased have been identified; one person remains unidentified.
Police have arrested the driver of the bus involved in the accident. Sushant Thapamagar, 31, a resident of Manthali Municipality-11 in Ramechhap, has been arrested, DSP Bhola Bhatta of Ramechhap told Ratopati. The driver sustained a spinal injury and has since been discharged from the hospital.
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