At least one person died in a bus accident after it overturned on Gaur-Chandranigahapur road in Rautahat. Thirteen other people were injured.

The bus en route to Bhairahawa overturned at Garuda Municipality after the driver lost control of the steering, police said.

According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police Alija Giri, the deceased is an 18-year-old girl from Madhav Narayan Municipality-3.

The injured were rescued by police and undergoing treatment at a local hospital.

The vehicle has been impounded. The driver is on the run.

Meanwhile, five people were injured in a car accident in Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan city of Dang district late Friday night.
According to the Tulsipur Area Police Office, the car, heading to Tulsipur-7 from Rajapur Municipality of Bardiya district, skidded off the road and plunged into a ditch, causing casualties.

Two men, aged 27 and 25 and the driver, 25, have sustained major injuries and are undergoing treatment at Rapti Life Care Hospital, police said.

Further investigation into the accident is underway.