The buses were carrying at least 66 people between them but three passengers had been able to escape before they crashed into the waterway.
Road travel becomes deadlier in Nepal during the monsoon season as rains trigger landslides and floods. / Photo: AFP
Dozens of search and rescue personnel were combing the site for survivors of the accident in the central district of Chitwan, district official Khimananda Bhusal said on Friday. "We are not sure of the total number because the buses could have picked up others on the road," he said.The accident took place along the Narayanghat-Mugling highway, around 100 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu
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