Nepal, On early Friday, a packed passenger bus plunged into a river in central Nepal, which killed 21 people.
District chief Binod Prakash Singh said, "Twenty-one people have died in the accident and 16 have been rescued". The bus was heading to the tourist town of Pokhara from the southern district of Rautahat.
Rescuers struggled to recover bodies and help the injured to safety after the bus plunged into the swelling Trishuli river, off the highway at Chandi Bhanjyang village in Chitwan district.
