A person has died in a tractor accident at Dharan Chatara Road in Bagmati Gaonpalika-7 of Makwanpur this afternoon.
The deceased has been identified as 17-year-old Salina Rai, said Tek Bahadur Karki, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Makwanpur. According to him, Rai died on the spot when a tractor carrying a groom's wedding procession from Betini in Bagmati-9 to Sindhuli met with an accident.
Twenty-one passengers of the tractor have been injured. Seven of them are in critical condition. They are being brought to Hetauda for treatment, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Karki. Necessary investigation is underway into the incident.
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