Nine people were injured in a bus accident near Lachaka at Chandranigahapur-1 along the Rautahat stretch of the East-West Highway on Friday.

The bus Na 4 Kha 7047 en route to Kakadvitta from Birgunj fell 15 metres off the road at 3:15 am this morning as the driver lost its control due to over-speeding.

The injured ones are Indrajit Gupta, 59, of Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan City-3, Rahul Gupta, 27, Madan Gupta, 37, of Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan City-4, Jasleen Kishor Warnwal, 32, Devendra Karki, 50, of Charaali municipality-1, Chetan Phuyal, 37, of Jhapa, Mechi municipality-10, Gunaraj Pathak, 54, of Belkot, Nuwakot, Rajiv Srivastav, 30 of Bharatbihar, Raxual-22, Sukhal Sah, 28, a resident of Mahabir Chok, India.

DSP Yadav Dhakal informed that the injured people have been sent to Birgunj for further medical treatment after receiving primary treatment at Chandranigahapur Hospital.