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At least 25 dead in Nepal as bus plunges into river

Bus crash

12:09 18/03/2010

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At least 25 people died on Thursday morning when a bus crashed into a river in western Nepal, the IANS news agency said.

The accident occurred in Nepal's Surkhet district after the bus veered off a highway and plunged into the Karnali river.

The area is now being searched for surviving passengers.

Police said overcrowding could have been the reason for the accident.

NEW DELHI, March 18 (RIA Novosti)

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