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Twenty-two killed as bus plunges off 300-meter cliff in Nepal

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At least 22 people were killed and about 40 injured when a bus went over a 300-meter (900-foot) cliff in Nepal, local media reported Monday.
NEW DELHI, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - At least 22 people were killed and about 40 injured when a bus went over a 300-meter (900-foot) cliff in Nepal, local media reported Monday.

The bus, traveling from the town of Butwal in the administrative district of Palpa to the regional center of Tamghas, skidded off a mountain road and plunged into a river.

Rescuers retrieved 25 injured passengers, who were sent to a local hospital.

No other details of the accident have been made available yet.

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