MAHOTTARI:- At least 18 passengers have been injured when a bus slipped off the road near Madaha bridge in Bardibas Municipality-11 along the east-west highway.

Of the injured, three are children and eight are women. There were 27 passengers in the bus which was heading toward Birgunj from Katari, according to Baburam Karki, police inspector at the Mahottari district police office.

The injured have been taken to the Bardibas-based Shubha Swastik hospital for treatment.