Dozens of rescuers spent hours struggling to comb the raging river for survivors.
Members of Nepal's Armed Police Force search for survivors in the Trishuli River at the site of a landslide following heavy rainfall in Simaltar on July 13.
District official Khimananda Bhusal told AFP that roughly 50 people remained unaccounted for, revising down the number of missing from the 63 reported by the authorities on July 12. The accident happened before dawn on July 12 along the Narayanghat-Mugling highway, around 100 kilometres west of Kathmandu.
Deadly crashes are common in the Himalayan republic because of poorly constructed roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving. Road travel becomes deadlier during the annual monsoon season as rains trigger landslides and floods across the mountainous country.
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