POKHARA, July 29: A school bus accident in Pokhara on Monday morning claimed the lives of two people while 28 others sustained injuries.

The bus, which belonged to LP Devkota Memorial School at Birauta in Pokhara Metropolitan City-17, fell 50 metres off the road after losing control at Gudku in Pokhara Metropolitan City-21. 

The deceased were 33 years old Arati BK and her six years old son Prince BK, according to Deputy Superintendent Basanta Kumar Sharma, the spokesperson at Kaski District Police Office. Arati worked at the school as an office helper and Prince studied there. “Both died while undergoing treatment at the Gandaki Medical College.”

While 13 of the injured students, teachers and parents are being treated at the Gandaki Medical College, 12 have been taken to Western Regional Hospital under the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences and three others to Manipal Teaching Hospital, said police.