KATHMANDU, Oct. 3 -- Two people were killed when a passenger bus met with an accident in the morning near Churiamai temple along the East-West Highway in Hetauda, Makwanpur.

According to Tek Bahadur Karki, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Makwanpur, the deceased are 60-year-old Dilli Bahadur Darzi, who lived near Damak-5 Model Campus in Jhapa, and 51-year-old Kalpana Rajwanshi, who lived in Morang Belbari Municipality-8.

Spokesperson Karki said that 36 other passengers were injured in the accident. The preliminary investigation by the police has revealed that the night bus (Na 7 Kha 2032), which was going from Kathmandu to Jhapa, went out of control and fell into a drain.

According to the police, out of 36 people injured in...