Sarlahi, Nov. 14 -- Twelve people from Sundarpur village in Sarlahi district who died in Thursday's road accident in Chisapanigadhi, Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makawanpur, were cremated together on the banks of the nearby Lakhandeha river late Friday night.

They were among those returning home from Kathmandu to celebrate Chhath, the biggest festival in the Tarai-Madhesh region.

The crash killed 14 people, including 13 from Sundarpur. The driver, Ravi Shankar Mandal, was from Kabilasi, while fellow victim Ram Pravesh Yadav, also from Sundarpur, lived with his family in Malangwa. Six others were injured.

Residents of five neighbouring villages joined the funeral procession. As the bodies were placed on funeral pyres, several relat...