Nawalparasi, Oct. 3 -- Six people were killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus travelling from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu crashed at Daunne in Nawalparasi East early Saturday morning, police said.

The bus, with 17 passengers on board, crashed at around 4am in Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality-2 in Nawalparasi East along the East-West Highway after the driver lost control. Police said the bus, with registration number Province 3-01-006 Kha 1553, plunged into a roadside drain after its brakes failed.

Four people, including a woman, died at the scene. The death toll later rose to six.

Five of the six victims have been identified as Nirjung Khatri, 50, of Bheri Ganga Municipality-3 in Jajarkot; Dipendra KC, 32, of Kohalpur Municipali...