Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Darchula and Rasuwa districts in the last 24 hours.
Three people died when a microbus heading to Panebanja from Gokuleshwor skidded off the road and fell into local river at Gyani, Shailyashikhar Municipality-6. The deceased have been identified as 23 year old Prakash Singh Dhami, driver of the vehicle, Nabin Singh Dhami, 22, and Hari Singh Dhami, 19. All of the deceased were from the locality, said the police.
Similarly, two people were killed in a motorcycle accident at Uttargaya-5 in Rasuwa district on Sunday night. The deceased have been identified as Ram Tamang, 40, of Uttargaya Rural Municipality-1 and Pampha Tamang, 43, of Bidur Municipality-10 in Nuwakot district. The ill-fated motorcycle was headed to Khaltebagar from Betrawati. The deceased were on the way to congratulate newly elected ward chair of Uttargaya Rural Municipality-4. Investigations were underway, said the police.
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