Bus crash in Nepal kills 19 and injures 25
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A packed bus on its way to Nepal's capital drove off a mountain highway in Nepal early Monday, killing 19 people including a British national and leaving another 25 wounded.
There were dozens of people on board the bus, which was heading from the resort city of Pokhara to Kathmandu when it drove off the Prithvi highway after midnight, police said. The bus rolled down a mountain slope and landed on the banks of Trishuli river near Benighat, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu, ABC NEWS reported.
Among those who died was a 24-year-old British national, according to a statement from the Dhading district police office. Only nine bodies have been identified.