19 killed in Nepal bus accident

 

 

A bus in Nepal plunged off a cliff into a river, killing 19 people, including a British tourist. The bus was travelling from the tourist town of Pokhara to the capital Kathmandu when it plunged 665 feet down a mountainside and into an icy river. There were 44 people on board the bus. 19 died. The remaining 25 are being treated in hospital with injuries. The news agency reported that one Chinese and one New Zealander were among the injured.