Five Killed, 17 Injured in School Bus Accident in Pokhara

Five people, including four schoolchildren, have been killed and 17 others injured after a school bus crashed in Ward 28 of Pokhara Metropolitan City in western Nepal.

According to Kaski District Police Chief Superintendent Nabin Karki, the deceased include three girls, one boy and a local resident. Their identities have yet to be confirmed.

The bus was carrying 17 children and one local resident when the accident occurred.

Fourteen of the injured are receiving treatment at the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, while the others are being treated at different hospitals in Pokhara.

The bus was carrying students from Kalika Boarding School, according to police.