Image copyright AFP Image caption The injured were transferred to a hospital in Kohalpur, Nepal

At least 23 people died in Nepal when a bus carrying students and their teachers back from a botanical trip ran off a road and plunged 700m (2,300ft) into a ravine.

Another 14 people were injured in the crash in Dang district, western Nepal.

Most of the victims were students aged between 16 and 20, officials said. Two teachers and the driver also died.

The cause of Friday's crash appeared to be speeding, a police spokesman told AFP news agency.

The students and teachers were from the Krishna Sen Ichchhuk Polytechnic in Ghorahi, Dang district, the Kathmandu Post reported. They had been returning from a visit to a farm when the bus veered off the road near Ramri village.

Police said the bus had been carrying 37 people.

Road accidents are common in Nepal, usually caused by bad roads, poorly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.

Last week 20 people died when a lorry carrying mourners from a funeral plunged into a river in central Nepal.</s>KATHMANDU: At least 16 students on an educational tour were killed and 12 others injured on Friday when a bus plunged into a ravine in western Nepal's Dang district.

Around 31 students and teachers of the Krishnasen Icchuk Technical School in Ghorahi were returning from a tour of a botanical garden in Salyan when the bus fell around 400 meters down into the ravine killing 16 people, police said.

Authorities and first responders rescued twelve injured persons and took them to Rapti Zonal Hospital for treatment.</s>Twenty-three people were killed in southwestern Nepal when a bus carrying students and teachers back from a field trip veered off a road and plunged into a gorge on Friday, PTI reported. The bus was carrying 37 people – 34 students, two teachers and a driver.

Police officer Prem Bahadur Shahi told Al Jazeera that the bus was returning to Ghorahi town from an educational trip to Dang district when the accident took place near Tulsipur town on Friday. “It plunged about 700 metres below the road,” Shahi said, adding that the bodies of 16 people have been recovered so far.

Police said 14 people who were injured in the incident are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, reported The Kathmandu Post.

“Our preliminary investigation shows the cause of the incident was speed,” police officer Bel Bahadur Pandey told AFP. The students and teachers were from the Krishna Sen Ichhuk Polytechnic Institute and were visiting a farm in a nearby district for their botany field trip.

Last week, 20 people were killed when a mini-truck skidded off the road in Nuwakot district in central Nepal.</s>Twenty-three people died in western Nepal when a bus carrying school students and teachers back from a botanical field trip plunged into a gorge, police said.

The students were aged mostly between 16 and 20. Two teachers and the driver also died in the accident early evening on Friday in a remote area.

The vehicle was carrying 37 people, with 22 killed at the scene and another in a nearby hospital. Fourteen people were treated for injuries.

“Our preliminary investigation shows the cause of the incident was speed,” police officer Bel Bahadur Pandey told AFP.

Road accidents are relatively common in Nepal because of poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.

The latest comes a week after a truck accident in central Nepal killed 20 mourners returning from a funeral ritual.</s>Twenty-three people died in western Nepal when a bus carrying school students and teachers back from a botanical field trip plunged into a gorge, police said. The students were aged mostly between.....Read more via Olisa.tv – http://bit.ly/2CtJKSt Get More Nigeria Metro News</s>A bus carrying college students and their teachers back from an educational trip veered off a mountainous road and lunged into a ravine in Nepal, killing 23 people and injuring 14 others.

The fatal crash occurred on Friday when the bus was returning from Kapurkot in Salyan district.

According to the District Police Office, Dang, there were 37 persons —34 students, two teachers and a diver, on the ill-fated bus, which drove off the road and fell some 700 metres down near Ramri village, about 400 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu.

Fourteen persons, including five women, were injured in the incident.

The students and instructors from Krishna Sen Ichhuk Polytechnic Institute had been visiting a farm for their botany project, The Kathmandu Post reported. Poor road infrastructure and reckless driving are the leading causes of accidents in Nepal.</s>The accident took place on Friday evening in Nepal's Dang district

At least 23 people were killed and 14 injured in Nepal when a bus carrying students and their teachers back from a botanical trip ran off a road and plunged into a ravine.

The accident took place on Friday evening in Nepal's Dang district. Most of the victims were students aged between 16 and 20, officials said. The bus was carrying 37 people at the time of the mishap, the police said.

The students and teachers were from the Krishna Sen Ichchhuk Polytechnic Institute in Ghorahi, Dang district, the Kathmandu Post reported on Saturday. They had been returning from a visit to a farm when the bus veered off the road near Ramri village.

Two teachers and the driver of the vehicle were among the dead.

Road accidents are common in Nepal, usually caused due to bad roads, poorly maintained vehicles and rash driving.

Last week 20 people died when a lorry carrying mourners from a funeral plunged into a river in central Nepal.

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The bus was carrying college students and their teachers back from an educational trip.

The vehicle veered off a mountainous road and plunged into the ravine, police said.

The fatal crash occurred on Friday when the bus was returning from Kapurkot in Salyan district.

According to the District Police Office, Dang, there were 37 persons 34 students, two teachers and a diver, on the ill-fated bus

The Kathmandu Post said the students and instructors from Krishna Sen Ichhuk Polytechnic Institute had gone to visit a farm for their botany project.

Police sources said poor road condition and reckless driving are mostly responsible for accidents in Nepal.</s>More than 20 persons have been killed in Nepal after a bus carrying dozens of passengers including students fell into a gorge.

The bus was returning from the Sallyan district to Dang, when it drove off the mountainous road and fell hundreds of meters down a cliff.

Police said preliminary investigations showed that speeding was likely to have cause the crash.

Around 14 people survived the fall and have been taken to the nearest hospital.

The passengers were students and teachers, who were returning from a botanical field trip.</s>A bus carrying college students and teachers drove off a highway in a mountainous area, leaving 21 people dead and 15 injured.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A bus carrying college students and teachers drove off a highway in a mountainous area, leaving 21 people dead and 15 injured.

Police said Friday the passengers were returning from an educational tour when the bus plunged down a mountainous slope and rolled about 500 meters (1,640 feet) in western Nepal.

Rescue operations were difficult because the crash happened in a remote area and the wreckage was scattered.

The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Vehicle crashes in Nepal are mostly blamed on poorly maintained vehicles and roads.

The accident happened a week after truck veered off a mountain road in Nepal, killing 16 people.
At least 23 people are killed and 14 injured in Dang Deukhuri District, Nepal, when a bus carrying students and their teachers returning from a botanical trip runs off a road and plunges 700 meters into a ravine.