Kathmandu, Dhu-AlHijjah 26, 1437, September 27, 2016, SPA -- A passenger bus carrying people from a small town in northern Nepal crashed on a narrow mountain road on Tuesday, killing 18 people and injuring 12 others, local authorities said, according to dpa. The bus was heading to Kintang, a remote hamlet up in Nepal's rugged hills from Dhadingbeshi, the main settlement in Dhading district. "Seventeen people were killed on the spot. Another person died in hospital," said Bishwa Prakash Subedi, chief district officer of Dhading. Subedi said two helicopters airlifted the 13 injured passengers - including the one who later died - to Teaching Hospital, a state-run hospital in Kathmandu. The dead included 13 men and five women. The overcrowded bus travelling on a dirt road damaged in monsoon rains slipped off the road and plunged into a riverbank, Subedi said. "The accident occurred at around 11 am local time. The bus fell some 300 metres down the road and landed on a riverbank," he said adding that the driver was killed in the accident. --SPA 19:26 LOCAL TIME 16:26 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w