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Briton among 19 dead in Nepal bus crash

At least 19 people have been killed, including a British national, after a packed bus drove off a mountain road in Nepal.

Some 25 people were also injured when the vehicle, travelling from Pokhara to Kathmandu, came off the Prithvi highway at around midnight on Monday (6.15pm on Sunday in the UK), police said.

Nepalese officials said the bus rolled down a mountain slope and landed on the banks of the Trishuli River, near Benighat, about 50 miles from the capital.

So far, only nine bodies of the victims have been identified.

But one of them was a 24-year-old from the UK, according to the Dhading district police office.

A Chinese national and a 27-year-old woman from New Zealand were among the injured.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Government official Mohan Prasad Neupane said that rescuers reached the site soon after it happened.

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Bus crashes in Nepal are common, mostly due to the country's poorly maintained roads and vehicles.

Much of the Himalayan countryside is covered by mountains and connected only by narrow roads.

In July 2024, two buses with 65 people on board fell into the same river and were lost.

Many of the passengers died.

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