Lekhnath, May 30: Eight people sustained injuries when a bus heading towards Beni of Myagdi from Kathmandu met with an accident at Lewade, Annapurna Rural Municipality-1, Kaski.

A bus with a registration number (Ba 5 Kha 285) overturned on the right side of the road at ravin on the early morning at 3:45 PM.

Of the total 13 passengers on the bus, eight have sustained injury. The 36-year-old bus driver Bal Bahadur Fagami Magar of  Jaljala Rural Municipality -8, Parbat is receiving treatment at Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. 

Similarly, 57-year-old Hari KC of Simaha Mangala Rural Municipality -1, and Ranjana Hamal, aged 25, of Myagdi are receiving treatment at Manipal Hospital. 

According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the District Police Office, Kaski, Basanta Kumar Sharma, 39-year-old Tak Badaur Kamu of Malika, Myagdi, and 45-year-old Prem Pun of  Niskot, Mangala Rurla Municpity-1, Myagdi are receiving treatment at the Gandaki Medical College. Tilak Sharma, aged 57, of Malika-8, and 15-year-old Sabita Sripali of Dargang are taken to Gandaki Medical College. 

Likewise, Bhimsen Adhikari, aged 17, of Darbang is undergoing treatment at Beni Hospital. 

He said that the bus is on the spot and further investigation on the cause of the accident is underway.