Overview
- Officials say the packed bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu left the roadway around 1:30 am near Benighat and tumbled about 200–300 metres to the Trishuli River bank.
- A total of 44 people were on board; at least 25 were injured and taken to hospitals in Dhading and Kathmandu, according to district authorities.
- Rescue teams from the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police worked through the night in darkness and difficult terrain to pull survivors and recover bodies.
- Police confirmed a 24-year-old British national among the dead, while injured passengers include a Chinese citizen and a 27-year-old woman from New Zealand.
- The cause is under investigation, with police earlier indicating overspeeding may have contributed on a crash‑prone stretch of the highway.