00:01A passenger bus plunged off a hilly road in western Nepal before dawn on Monday, killing
00:0619 people, including a British national.
00:10Police said only nine of the victims have been identified so far.
00:14The bus was carrying 44 people when it veered off the road and fell 200 meters at Behighat
00:20in Dading District, about 80 kilometers west of Kathmandu.
00:24A New Zealander and a Chinese national were among the 25 injured in the crash, which
00:29occurred as the bus was traveling from the tourist town of Pokhara to the capital.
00:34All injured passengers are receiving treatment at hospitals in Kathmandu.
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