Three foreigners among 19 killed in Nepal bus crash
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E-mailKATHMANDU, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A passenger bus plunged 200 metres (650 feet) from a mountainous road in west Nepal before dawn on Monday, killing 19 people including three foreign nationals, police said.
Among those killed were a British, Chinese and Indian citizen. The bus was carrying 44 passengers.
A New Zealander and a Chinese national were among 25 injured when the bus heading for Kathmandu from the tourist town of Pokhara fell from the road at Behighat in Dhading district, 80 km (50 miles) west of the capital, a police statement said. The injured are being treated at hospitals in Kathmandu, it added.
Road accidents are common in mostly mountainous Nepal where the conditions of roads are poor. Hundreds die in road crashes in Nepal annually.
The government said it had ordered an investigation.
(Reporting by Gopal Sharma and Sam Tabahriti; editing by YP Rajesh, Anil D'Silva, Alexandra Hudson)
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