The death toll in the bus accident at Birta Deurali of Kavre district has reached 33, the District Police Office, Kavre, said. Most of them had died on the spot.As many as 43 others have been injured in the incident, police said.Ministry of Home Affairs, however, said in a statement that it has received report of death of 26 people only. Among them one person died during the course of treatment while 25 bodies were found in the incident site.The injured were rescued from the incident site and sent to different hospitals in Dhulikhel and Kathmandu for treatment.The ill-fated passenger bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 106 had plunged 500 metres down the road after the driver lost control of it, police said.After receiving reports that some people are unaccounted for, police said, they are searching the incident site.Fifteen of the injured have been sent to Dhulikhel for treatment, while 28 others, including a woman, were airlifted to Kathmandu by a Nepali Army chopper.
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