Bagamati : Twenty-two passengers were injured when a bus met with an accident on the road under the East-West Highway in Bijauna, Manahari Rural Municipality-7, Makwanpur, this morning.

According to Pushkar Bogati, Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson of Makwanpur District Police Office, a passenger bus with the registration number Ba 06–001 Kh 0054, travelling from Birgunj to Chitwan, went out of control and crashed into an electric pole on the left side of the road, injuring 22 passengers on the bus.

Deputy Superintendent Bogati said that the injured were rescued and sent to Chitwan Hospital for treatment.