Bus heading from Kathmandu to Dharan crashes in Udayapur, one dead, 16 injured

One person has died and 16 others have been injured in a passenger bus accident in Udayapur.

The bus was heading from Kathmandu toward Dharan. The accident occurred at Surkhe in Triyuga Municipality-7, along the Madan Bhandari Highway.

Many passengers have been traveling from Kathmandu to outlying districts during the Dasain period, and the accident occurred at such a time.