KATHMANDU: 23 persons were injured in a collision on the East-West Highway near Binayi Triveni in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East), Nawalpur, which involved a passenger bus traveling from Kathmandu to Rajasthan, India. The incident happened in Binayi Triveni-1, close to Binayi Khola.

The bus, designated as RJ 14 PC 3545, lost control and overturned on the road, according to District Police Office Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bed Bahadur Paudel. There were about forty-five people on the bus at the time of the collision.

While 23 passengers were reported injured, DSP Paudel stated that all other passengers were reported safe. At the nearby Binayi Triveni Basic Hospital, the injured people are still undergoing treatment.

In order to ascertain what caused the bus to lose control, authorities are looking into the circumstances surrounding the collision.