Nine persons died and 34 others sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling on veered off the road in Patan Municipality-8 of Baitadi district, on Thursday night.

The deceased have been identified as Police Constable Rana Bahadur Chand (25) and Karan Singh Aira (27) of Sittada in Dogdakedar Rural Municipality-6, a staffer at the RM, Kabindra Joshi, Kritika Karki (15) of Bhimdatta Municipality-8 in Kanchanpur district, Tarkaraj Giri of Lekam Rural Municipality-4 in Darchula district, Jagannath Ojha of Malikarjun Rural Municipality-5 in Darchula, Vijana Dhami of Bhimdatta-10, Narendra Chaudhary of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolis-4 in Kailali district and Rishiram Chaudhary of Dhangadhi-18.

Critically injured Kritika died in the course of treatment at Dadeldhura Hospital while eight others died on the spot, according to spokesperson at Baitadi District Police Office (DPO), Inspector Janak Bahadur Dhami.

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