HETAUDA: The death toll from this morning’s electric microbus crash at Chisapanigadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6, Makwanpur, has risen to 14, including six members of the same family. Six other passengers were injured in the incident.

The vehicle (Madhesh Province 03-001 Ja 0880), which was carrying passengers from Kathmandu to Sarlahi for the Chhath festival, veered off the road and plunged approximately 500 meters down a slope.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Madhav Prasad Kafle of the Makwanpur District Police Office, six members of a single family from Sundarpur Tol in Chakraghatta Rural Municipality-4, Sarlahi, perished in the crash. They have been identified as 35-year-old Punam Devi Yadav (wife of Awadhesh Yadav), her three daughters and her two brothers.

DSP Kafle confirmed that the remaining deceased include the driver, 30-year-old Rabishankar Kumar Mandal of Kabilasi Rural Municipality-8, Sarlahi, along with nine other residents of Chakraghatta-4: 26-year-old Bikesh Yadav, 35-year-old Guddu Yadav, his wife Gayatri Devi Yadav, Ramdular Yadav, Subodh Yadav, Rohan Yadav, Rakesh Yadav, Chhotu Yadav, and Sudesh Yadav.

Six people survived the crash with injuries: 33-year-old Mukesh Yadav, 5-year-old Saksham Kumar Yadav, 3-year-old Sujan Yadav, 31-year-old Devendra Raya (also known as Bechu), 26-year-old Devendra Raya, and 14-month-old Sudip Yadav.

Police stated that Mukesh, Saksham, and 26-year-old Devendra have already been discharged after receiving medical care.

Meanwhile, young Sujan and 14-month-old Sudip have been referred to Nepal Mediciti Hospital in Kathmandu for specialized treatment, and 31-year-old Devendra has been sent to Mankamana Hospital in Bharatpur.

Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the crash.