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