Pokhara, Oct. 9 -- At least five people, including four students, were killed when a school bus from Kalika Boarding School plunged down a steep slope in Pokhara on Friday.

The dead include three female students, one male student and a parent who had hitched a ride on the bus, said Deputy Inspector General of Police Dipendra GC of Gandaki Province.

All the injured were rescued and taken to Gandaki Medical College and Western Regional Hospital for treatment, GC said.

The bus, registered as Ga 2 Kha 1417, plunged an estimated 150 to 200 metres down a slope near Majhathana in Pokhara Metropolitan City-28, just north of the Bijaypur Army barracks.

Rescuers were searching the area for any survivors, GC said. A police constable was also inj...