Bus Plunges off Highway in Nepal, 17 Killed and 24 Injured

A packed bus on its way to Nepal's capital drove off a mountain highway in Nepal early Monday, killing 17 people and leaving another 24 wounded. 

There were dozens of people on board the bus, which was heading from the resort city of Pokhara to Kathmandu when it drove off the Prithvi highway after midnight, police said. 

The



bus rolled down a mountain slope and landed on the banks of Trishuli river near Benighat, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu.

Police said rescuers reached the accident site soon after the accident and the injured were pulled out of the wreckage and driven to hospitals for treatment. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.