Kapilvastu, Feb. 16 -- A fatal road accident in Kapilvastu in the wee hours on Thursday took 10 lives.

A rescue team could reach the accident site after only around one and half hours of the deadly accident when a bus crashed at ward 1 of Shivaraj Municipality in Kapilvastu district along the East-West Highway.

The fatal crash occurred at around 12:35 am. It was 2:00 am when a police team reached the incident site.

Police said the bus heading for Kathmandu from Mahendranagar of Kanchanpur district swerved off the road and plunged 200 metres into the Surahi stream. The vehicle belonging to Sunaulo Mahakali Yatayat veered off the bend near Dobato.

According to Superintendent of Police Navaratna Paudel, three women and seven men died on ...