Nepal bus crash victims were on their way to receive earthquake payments

Nepalese army personnel assist a victim of a bus accident after being airlifted from Birtadeurali in Kavre to Kathmandu, Nepal, August 15, 2016. Nepalese Army/Handout via REUTERS

Binaj Gurubacharya, in Kathmandu

A bus filled with people travelling to their home villages in Nepal to receive the first government payments for victims of last year's devastating earthquake has slipped off a narrow mountain road, killing at least 33 people and injuring 28 others.

The bus was heading to Kartike Deurali village, among the worst hit by the quake, which killed nearly 9,000 people in the country.