Kalikot, Aug. 8 -- Four of the seven people injured in a bus accident on the Surkhet-Jumla road section of the Karnali Highway are in critical condition, officials said.

The injured were rescued from Chaukohla in Kalikot and taken to the District Hospital in Manma, but were referred to Surkhet for further treatment. However, they could not be airlifted due to the unavailability of a helicopter, said Katak Mahat, information officer at the Health Service Office, Kalikot.

Among the critically injured are 20-year-old Prakash Shahi of Tilagufa Municipality-6 in Kalikot, 30-year-old Lal Bahadur Basnet of Birendranagar Municipality-1 in Surkhet, 25-year-old Ganga Pariyar of Hima Rural Municipality-1 in Jumla, and her husband, 28-year-old Rabi...