A rider died in a motorcycle accident at Janakpur’s Kataiya Chauri last night.

While trying to save a dog, the motorcycle went out of control at 11 o’clock last night. Bijay Kumar Sah, 44, of Mukhiyapatti, Dhanusha was seriously injured in the accident, and died at 4:30 a.m. this morning while undergoing treatment at the provincial hospital in Janakpur, Dhanusha police said.