Dhading accident rescue completed: Two foreign nationals among the 18 dead
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Media Baaji
- Mon, 23 February 2026
Dhading 18 people were killed when a passenger bus met with an accident near Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-7 Charoudi under the Prithvi Highway in Dhading. Bus No. G2 B 1421 coming from Pokhara to Kathmandu fell on the bank of Trishuli river. Twelve men and six women died on the spot in the accident.
Among them, one woman and one man are foreign nationals. It is said that there were 44 people on the bus. 26 injured people were rescued and sent to hospital. All the injured have been rescued from the accident site. Some of the injured have been treated at local hospitals, while most have been sent to Kathmandu. The three security agencies of the district and the locals rescued them.
Express
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