Death toll in the bus accident in Dang on Friday has reached 22.
The ill-fated bus (Ba 4 Kha 9766) carrying the students met with accident near Ramri of Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city-3, killing 21 on the spot, District Police Chief SP Bel Bahadur Pandey told Setopati. "We recovered 21 bodies from the spot. The other died while undergoing treatment at the Rapti Zonal Hospital," Pandey stated.
He said the death toll can rise further as 14 of the 15 injured persons are in critical condition.
The students and teachers of Shahid Krishnasen Prabidhik Shikshalaya, who were traveling on the bus, were returning after visiting Mulpani Botanical Garden at Kapurkot in Salyan.