Kathmandu, Jun 5 (PTI) At least nine people were killed and twenty four others injured when a bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge in Nepal's Rupandehi district on Sunday, police said.

The accident happened on the Bhairahawa-Parasi road section of Rupandehi when the bus fell off the bridge over the Rohini river.

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“In the accident at least nine people were killed after the bus fell off the bridge over the Rohini River,” a senior police official said.

Among the deceased are one woman and eight men.

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“Twenty four people sustained injuries in the accident,” the police officer said.

The injured passengers are undergoing treatment at Bhairahawa-based Medical College, Bhim Hospital and Siddhartha City Hospital.

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