The Buzz: Van slips off mountain road in Nepal, killing 8

A passenger van has slipped off a mountain road in eastern Nepal, killing eight people and injuring 13. Police say the van slipped off a narrow gravel road yesterday and rolled 200 meters near Sidhicharan town, about 400 kilometers east of Katmandu, Nepal’s capital.
The 13 injured are being treated at a hospital. Accidents are common in mostly mountainous Nepal during the festival season that ended this weekend. Many of the accidents are blamed on poor maintenance of roads and vehicles. Fourteen people were killed Friday when an overcrowded bus loaded with 100 people veered off a mountain highway near Katmandu.