KATHMANDU, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and 12 others injured in two separate road mishaps in Nepal on Monday, authorities said here.
In the first incident, nine people were killed and eight injured in the car crash in Birbas area of Gulmi District when it was enroute for Tamghas from Butwal, some 300 km away from the capital.
The vehicle slipped off the highway due to over-speed and plunged some 200 meters down into the gorge, according to authorities.
"Six were killed on the spot and three others breathed their last while undergoing treatment in local hospitals," Gopal Aryal, the Chief District Officer of Gulmi, told Xinhua adding that some of the injured are in critical condition.
In another road mishap, six people killed and four others were injured when a jeep skidded off the road and fell 500 meters down in Katari on Monday afternoon.
The ill-fated vehicle was enroute for Okhaldhunga District from Udayapur when it met the accident, local police officer Nawaraj Bhatta told Xinhua via telephone.
