At least 24 people have been feared dead when a passenger bus plunged into a river in mountainous western Nepal.
Quoting AFP, The Straits Times reported on Thursday.
The bus, carrying at least 45 passengers, veered off a narrow road in Jajarkot region in the morning, police officer Sher Bahadur Chaudhary said.
"At least two dozen passengers are feared dead," Chaudhary told AFP from Jajarkot.
With the bus completely under water, divers were searching for passengers in the Bheri river as police officers scoured its banks, Jajarkot police chief Dinesh Raj Mainali said.
