SINDHUPALCHOWK, Oct. 11 -- The death toll has climbed to 11 in Sindhupalchowk bus accident. Earlier, it was reported that eight persons were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a bus met with an accident at Indrawati rural municipality in Sindhupalchowk on Friday morning.

The incident occurred when the ill-fated bus (Ba 2 Kha 2715) skidded off the highway at Bhotsipa and fell some 200 meters down. The police have yet to ascertain the identities of the deceased. According to witnesses, the bus was overcrowded.

The bus was en route to Kathmandu from Sipatar of Sindhupalchowk when it met with the accident. Authorities are working to airlift the injured to Kathmandu for further treatment.

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