Nine of the 19 people who died in a bus accident in Dhading while coming from Pokhara to Kathmandu have been identified. 

According to the District Police Office, Dhading, the bus fell 200 meters down the road at Bhaisigawda in Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality. Most of them died on the spot.

The nine deceased are Stewart Dominic Ethan, 24, of the UK, Bibek Bastola, 40, of Pokhara-30,  Chandra Bahadur Kunwar, 63, of Waling, Syangja, currently residing in Nagarjuna, Kathmandu district. 

Similarly, Om Kumar Malla, 40, of Byas Rural Municipality of Tanahun, Engineer Thakuri, 30, of Tripurasundari, Dhading, Bishnu Maya, 55, of Tanahun, Shukla Gandaki, Lopsang Gole, 42, of Boudha, Kathmandu,  They are Hari Prasad Sigdel of Bhiman in Tanahun and 55-year-old Nabindra Shrestha of Tansen in Palpa.