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Nine injured after Commuter bus plunges into Trishuli

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Chitwan, Oct 19: Nine passengers were injured when a commuter bus (Lu. 1 Kha. 7391) heading towards Bhairahawa from Kathmandu plunged into the Trishuli River at Dahakhani VDC-6 along the Narayangarh-Muglin road section this late evening.
According to Police inspector at the Area Police Office Muglin Yogendra Bahadur Hamal,the seriously injured have been sent to Bharatpur for treatment. Some passengers are still missing and a search for them is underway, he said. Half of the bus remains submerged in the river.
The exact number of passengers travelling in the bus is not yet known as both driver and helper of the bus are out of contact. A joint team of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force had stepped up their efforts to rescue the passengers in the incident site. RSS