KATHMANDU, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and five others injured when an electric microbus plunged off a road in Makwanpur district of central Nepal on Thursday morning, police said.
The accident occurred at around 6:10 a.m. local time at Chisapani Gadhi in the district when the vehicle, traveling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi district, plunged around 700 meters down a slope.
"Five men and five women have been found dead, while five others were injured," Madhav Prasad Kafle, spokesperson for the district police office, told Xinhua, adding that search and rescue operations were ongoing.
Rescue teams from the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and the Nepali Army have been deployed to the accident site, he said.
Further details about the accident and the identities of the victims are yet to be confirmed. ■