A packed bus plunges off a Nepal highway, killing 17 and injuring 24

Katmandu: A packed bus on its way to Nepal’s capital drove off a mountain highway in Nepal early Monday, killing 17 people and leaving another 24 wounded. There were dozens of people on board the bus, which was heading from the resort city of Pokhara to Katmandu when it drove off the Prithvi highway after midnight, police said. The bus rolled down a mountain slope and landed on the banks of Trishuli river near Benighat, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Katmandu.

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