At least 14 people have lost their lives, including three minors, and another six have been injured this Thursday after an electric minibus crashed down a ravine about 500 meters deep in the Makawanpur district, in central Nepal, according to reports by the authorities.
The incident occurred early in the day in Chisapani Gadhi, in the rural locality Bhimphedi-6, when the vehicle, in which 20 passengers were traveling, left the road and fell down a very steep hillside.
In an initial assessment, the local authorities had put the number of fatalities at ten and the number of injured at five.
After learning of the incident, a rescue operation coordinated from the police office in the area was launched, with the support of agents of the Nepal National Police and personnel of the country’s Armed Forces.
According to a statement released on social media by the Nepalese Police, the injured were taken immediately to Hetauda hospital to receive care. Three of them have already been discharged, while the other three have been sent to different healthcare centers to receive “additional medical attention”.
For now, the authorities have managed to identify 11 of the 14 people who died, six of them —including three minors— belonging to the same family.