Kathmandu [Nepal], July 28 (ANI): At least 8 people, including an Indian passenger, died in a road accident on Friday afternoon.

The mishap took place when a commuter bus en route to Pokhara from capital Kathmandu collided with a truck in Nepal's Chitwan district.

The deceased Indian passenger was identified as Firoz Miya from Betiya, Bihar, the police informed.

"We felt like that the driver had hit the brake of the bus but it went forward and collided. The bus fell into the river bank," one of the injured, identified as Pramod, told ANI. (ANI)

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