Kathmandu, Jumada II 11, 1438, March 10, 2017, SPA -- The death toll from a major bus crash in Nepal has risen to 26 after several people died of their injuries, local police said Friday. According to dpa, the overcrowded passenger bus veered off a mountain road in north-western Nepal on Thursday, killing 26 people dead and injuring 36 others, said Suman Kharel, police inspector in Jajarkot district. "Among the injured, four are being treated at the district hospital and the rest have been airlifted to Nepalgunj (the nearest town," Kharel told dpa. The bus was heading west to Khara village from the district headquarters of Khalnga. The bus fell 200 metres downhill and plunged into a stream in the village of Bohara Gaun. --SPA 12:50 LOCAL TIME 09:50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w350183