<p>Samastipur (Bihar): At least 35 Nepalese pilgrims suffered injuries when the bus in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding truck in Bihar's Samastipur district in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.</p><p>The bus from neighbouring Nepal fell on its side after the truck rammed into it at Musrigharari crossing on National Highway-28. The pilgrims were going to Deoghar district in Jharkhand to offer puja in a temple.</p><p>Most of the passengers suffered minor injuries and were discharged from a local hospital after the first aid, a police officer said.</p>.Special IAF plane brings back bodies of 25 pilgrims from Maharashtra killed in Nepal accident.<p>"Only two passengers who sustained grievous injuries were sent to another hospital for better treatment. They were also released later," Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Samastipur-Sadar-1, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, told PTI.</p><p>According to eyewitnesses, the truck hit the bus from the rear side.</p><p>"Immediately after receiving the information, officials from the local police station reached the spot and rescued the passengers from inside the damaged bus and took them to a hospital," Pandey said.</p><p>Another police official said the injured pilgrims were residents of Muktipalia village in Bara district of Nepal. </p>
<p>Samastipur (Bihar): At least 35 Nepalese pilgrims suffered injuries when the bus in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding truck in Bihar's Samastipur district in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.</p><p>The bus from neighbouring Nepal fell on its side after the truck rammed into it at Musrigharari crossing on National Highway-28. The pilgrims were going to Deoghar district in Jharkhand to offer puja in a temple.</p><p>Most of the passengers suffered minor injuries and were discharged from a local hospital after the first aid, a police officer said.</p>.Special IAF plane brings back bodies of 25 pilgrims from Maharashtra killed in Nepal accident.<p>"Only two passengers who sustained grievous injuries were sent to another hospital for better treatment. They were also released later," Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Samastipur-Sadar-1, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, told PTI.</p><p>According to eyewitnesses, the truck hit the bus from the rear side.</p><p>"Immediately after receiving the information, officials from the local police station reached the spot and rescued the passengers from inside the damaged bus and took them to a hospital," Pandey said.</p><p>Another police official said the injured pilgrims were residents of Muktipalia village in Bara district of Nepal. </p>