Three die in separate accidents in Sunsari

Three people died in separate road accidents in Sunsari last night.

The District Police Office Sunsari has confirmed the deaths of Tejnarayan Sah, 45, Itahari-17; Geevan Raut, 27, of Barahchhetra-8 and Gulab Mehata, 35, from Supaul Banauli Panchayat, India in the accidents.

 The incident involving the death of Shah occurred when a motorcycle heading towards east from west hit a cart at Pakali of Itahari-17 along the East-West highway.

Motorcyclist Bikram Khadka, 45, of Belbari-8, Morang was injured in the accident and he is being treated at the Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital.

Similarly, Raut was severely injured when a two-wheeler with an unidentified number plate hit his bicycle along the Duahabi-Inaruwa road section in Inaruwa-5. He breathed his last in course of treatment at the District Hospital, Inaruwa. Police are searching for the motorcycle.

 Likewise, a car hit a bicycle at Bhokraha Narsingh rural municipality-4, leaving Mehata severely injured who later succumbed to injuries amidst treatment at the District Hospital Inaruwa, Sunsari's Deputy Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar Rai said.

 Car driver Krishna Bahadur Regmi, of Sainamaina-4, Rupandehi is under police control. As the police said, the accident occurred due to over-speed.