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21 dead as bus plunges into Nepal river
KATHMANDU: A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 21 people, a senior local official said.
Rescuers struggled to recover bodies and help the injured to safety after the bus plunged into the swelling Trishuli river, off the highway at Chandi Bhanjyang village in Chitwan district.
"Twenty-one people have died in the accident and 16 have been rescued," district chief Binod Prakash Singh told AFP, adding that the injured have been taken to a local hospital for treatment.