At least 26 people have been injured in a bus accident in Dhading on Saturday.

The vehicle, en route to Kathmandu from Tulsipur, met with the accident at around 5am in Hugdikhola of Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality in Dhading section of the Prithvi Highway, police said. The bus overturned after losing control.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Santulal Prasad Jaiswal, five of the injured have been taken to the Capital for treatment. Others are receiving treatment at the Malekhu-based highway hospital and nearby health institutes.

Among those injured, three—Twenty-four-year-old Rajendra Pun, his six-year-old son, and Man Bahadur Khadka, 50—are in critical condition, Jaiswal added.