Ramechhap, Feb. 11 -- Twelve people were killed and eight others injured when a passenger bus plunged into the Tamakoshi river in Manthali Municipality of Ramechhap district on Tuesday.

The bus, operated by Araniko Yatayat with registration number 001-05 Kha 9975, was heading to Okhaldhunga from Kathmandu via Manthali-Khurkot road stretch when it swerved off the road near Benighat bridge at around 10:40 am and plunged into the river. The rescuers later recovered the submerged vehicle and passengers from the river. The vehicle fell several metres off the road before plunging into the water.

According to the District Police Office in Ramechhap, 12 passengers-seven men and five women-died in one of the deadliest road accidents in the distr...