An overcrowded bus fell into a stream in northwestern Nepal, killing at least 24 people and injuring many others, Al Jazeera reported, citing local officials.

Sixteen people were killed instantly, while eight others died in hospital, a local official told AFP, according to the report.

The bus veered off a mountain road and fell 200 meters downhill in the Jajarkot district of Nepal.

The officials cited in the report blamed the accident on overcrowding, saying the bus had about 50 passengers. </s> Kathmandu, Mar 9: At least 24 people were killed and 41 others injured today when a bus veered off the road and plunged down about 200 metres from a highway in western Nepal. The accident took place in Jajarkot district when the bus carrying more than 60 people, passing through rough terrain, skidded off the road and plunged down.

Start the conversation, or Read more at India.com. </s> KATHMANDU:- At least 24 people were killed when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and crashed in remote western Nepal on Thursday, local officials said. Sixteen people were killed instantly as the bus careered off the road in Jajarkot district, while the other eight died in hospital, local district official Suman Kharel told AFP. The nearest hospital was struggling to cope with the number of casualties and some people were being taken to other districts for treatment, he added. “The district hospital is crowded with injured and we are still searching for people at the accident site,” another local official Krishna Chandra Paudel said.–AFP
A bus skids off a mountain road in central Nepal, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than a dozen others.