A crowded passenger bus traveling to Nepal’s capital plunged off a mountain highway early Monday, killing 19 people, including a British national, and injuring 25 others, authorities said, [DATE.]. The bus veered off the Prithvi Highway after midnight, rolled down a steep slope and landed on the banks of the Trishuli River near Benighat, about 80 kilometers west of Kathmandu.

Police said the bus was en route from the resort city of Pokhara to Kathmandu when the crash occurred.

Among the dead was a 24-year-old British national, according to a statement from the Dhading district police office. Authorities said only nine of the victims had been identified as of press time.

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The injured included a Chinese national who is receiving treatment at the National Trauma Center in Kathmandu. China’s official Xinhua News Agency, citing the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, earlier reported that another Chinese national was missing.

Government administrator Mohan Prasad Neupane said rescuers arrived at the scene shortly after the crash. The wounded were pulled from the wreckage and transported to nearby hospitals for treatment.

Police have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.

Deadly bus crashes are common in Nepal, where mountainous terrain and narrow, poorly maintained roads often contribute to fatal accidents. In 2024, two buses carrying 65 people fell into the same Trishuli River. Most of those on board were either killed or remain missing. Wreckage from one of the buses was discovered this year, buried deep in sand.