SATV, Kathmandu, Feb 6: The death toll has jumped to 13 in a tragic accident of a bus carrying wedding attendees. 

Eight among them died on the spot and five others breathed their last at Dadeldhura Hospital. 

The Bajhang-bound bus (Supa Province 02 001 Kha 1119) from Purchaidi Municipality-7, Bhawane of Baitadi had met with the accident at Purchaidi-7 Badgaun Mode on Thursday. 

Baitadi Police Chief Deepak Kumar Roy informed that 40-year-old Keshav Raj Joshi from Bitthadchir Rural Municipality-7, Bajhang, 13-year-old Ashok Raj Joshi from the same place, 35-year-old Basanta Joshi, 41-year-old Bisna Dutta Joshi, 60-year-old Mohan Dev Bhatta from Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, Bajhang, 40-year-old Basanta Raj Ratala from Jayaprithvi Municipality, Bajhang, and 40-year-old Pushpa Awasthi from Purchaudi-7, Baitadi died on the spot. Identity of a deceased is yet to be established. 

Those pronounced dead at Dadeldhura Hospital include 17-year-old Bisna Dutta Joshi from Bitthadchir Rural Municipality-7, Bajhang, 28-year-old Deepk Raj Joshi from the same place, 46-year-old Kisana Dutta Joshi, 27-year-old Keshav Raj Bhatta from Bassi, Kedarsyu Municipality-7, and 15-year-old Sushil Joshi from Purchaudi Municipality-7, Baitadi. 

Thirty-four others injured in the accident are being treated in Dadeldhura, Dhangadhi, and Bajhang. The bride and groom however were not onboard the bus, it is informed.  (RSS)