Gaidakot, September 12, 2026 — Eighteen people were injured after two buses travelling in the same direction collided on the East-West Highway at Harkapur in Gaidakot Municipality-12.
The accident occurred at around 6:50 am on Saturday. According to the preliminary details, a bus with registration number Lu 2 Kha 6457 was travelling from Narayangadh toward Butwal when another bus, Lu 2 Kha 6036, travelling in the same direction hit it from behind.
Two passengers travelling on the Lu 2 Kha 6457 bus were injured. They have been identified as 36-year-old Dhanman Hamal of Tilagufa Municipality-3, Kalikot, and 60-year-old Leela Thapa of Gaidakot Municipality-5, Nawalparasi East. Both are receiving treatment at the Old Chitwan Medical College.
The remaining 16 injured people were travelling on the Lu 2 Kha 6036 bus. Among them is the 47-year-old driver, Santosh Bahadur Gurung of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-4, Chitwan.
Seven injured passengers from the second bus are receiving treatment at the New Chitwan Medical College. They are 12-year-old Atriya Paudel of Gaidakot-7; 40-year-old Madhava Gyawali of Gaidakot-15; 35-year-old Shankar Bayalkoti of Gorkha; 38-year-old Sita Gyawali of Gaidakot-2; 11-year-old Jaswin Gyawali of the same locality; 10-year-old Divya Ranabhat of Ratnanagar Municipality-2, Chitwan; and driver Gurung.
The other nine injured passengers are being treated at the Old Chitwan Medical College. They include 60-year-old Mohan Bhaiya Shah of Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City-9, Bara; 31-year-old Nisha Tiwari of Bharatpur-2 and her approximately eight-year-old son Aitren Bhatt; 55-year-old Nimalal Khadka of Dang and his approximately 55-year-old wife Amrita Khadka; 57-year-old Manoj Gurung of Mayadevi Rural Municipality-6, Rupandehi, and his 51-year-old wife Huma Gurung; 52-year-old Prem Bahadur Ranabhat of Gaidakot-5; and approximately 43-year-old Mira Acharya of Gaidakot-6, Nawalparasi East.
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The injured were taken toward Bharatpur for medical treatment. Police said further investigation into the circumstances of the collision is underway.