Two persons died in two separate road accidents in Jhapa district last night. Pillion rider Upendra Sigdel, 40, died after a van and motorcycle from the same direction collided with each other near a bridge over Kamalkhola (river) along the East-West Highway.
Motorcyclist Jiban Subedi, 57, from Arjundhara Municipality-11 has sustained injuries in the accident.
Police have detained the van driver Shyam Sundar Mahato, 30, of Jhapa Rural Municipality-2, Jhapa.
Likewise, 35-year-old pedestrian Rajan BK died on the spot after a jeep hit him at Dhaijan of Mechinagar Municipality-12 along the Mechi Highway, the District Police Office, Jhapa.
Police stated that the driver of the jeep has fled the scene after the accident and the registered number plate of the jeep is not ascertained.
A pedestrian has died after being hit by a jeep at Hemja in Kaski last night. A jeep coming from Baglung to Pokhara hit a 30-year-old man at 10:30 last night. He died during treatment at the Pokhara Institute of Health Sciences. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. The driver along with the jeep is under the control of the police.
Likewise, a rider died in a motorcycle accident yesterday evening at Chaturbhuj’s turn of Rolpa’s Sunilsmriti rural municipality. The deceased has been identified as 16-year-old Sagar Sapkota of Swargadwari Municipality Dhanchaur in Pyuthan. Yesterday at 6:30 pm, the motorcycle fell down about 35 meters from the road while starting and turning.
