Sindhupalchowk News
A security team comprising the Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel have been dispatched to the incident site for carrying out search and rescue operation.
Ganesh Khanal, the spokesperson at district police office Sindhupalchowk, told Xinhua news agency that 12 passengers died on the spot, while the two others succumbed to their injuries in a hospital.
A sudden rise in water levels of a trans-boundary river originating in Tibet triggered flash floods in central Nepal, washing away over two dozen houses and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate to safer places.
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