Gorkha Microbus Accident Update: Seven victims identified

Gorkha, March 15: The identity of the people who died the passenger microbus accident that took place at Kantar in Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3 on Saturday has been revealed. 

According to District Police Office Chief Bharat Bahadur BK, seven Indian citizens died in the accident. Among them, Muthu Kumar, 58,  Anamalik, 58, Meenakshi, 59, Sivagami, 53, Vijayal, 57, Meena, 58, and Tamilarsi, 60, from India died on the spot.

The electric microbus was carrying 16 devotees returning from a visit to the Manakamana when it met with an accident. The microbus fell about 200 meters down the road. 

Seven other passengers injured in the incident are undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College hospital in Chitwan. They have been identified as 62-year-old Soranam, 65-year-old Mangada Jalam, 75-year-old Subhadra, 65-year-old Mayal, 73-year-old Saroja, 75-year-old Bhagyalakshmi and 34-year-old Meenakshi.

The driver of the microbus, 46-year-old Pushpa Malla Thakuri of Besisahar Municipality-1 in Lamjung, is unharmed, while his assistant 29-year-old Santosh Gurung of Besisahar Municipality-3, is injured. Police say that further investigation into the incident is underway.  (RSS)