[4] One of the buses was driving roughly 41 passengers from Nepalese capital Kathmandu to Guar, and was operated by Ganapati Deluxe.
[6] Three passengers on the Ganapati Deluxe bus were able to jump out of the vehicle and swim to stable ground before locals took them to a hospital for treatment.
[8][2] A third bus was struck by a different landslide on a nearby section of the same highway, killing the driver with further details on casualties currently unknown.
[1][3] Rescue efforts were delayed by persistently heavy rainfall and high Trishuli River water levels, as well as by widespread debris caused by other landslides in the region.
[1] Rescuers were unable to find traces of debris from the buses or any additional survivors by late morning, in part due to heavy rainfall and fast mountainous river flow turning its waters more opaque.