Three killed, eight injured in separate road accidents
URLABARI: Two people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident that occurred this morning at Kanepokhari Rural Municipality-7 in Morang district along the East-West Highway.
Ram Kumar Achhami (47) of Arjundhara Municipality-4 in Jhapa and Prakash Magar (35) of Gauradaha Municipality have been confirmed dead in the accident which took place when a container (Na 3 Kha 6918) heading in eastward direction was rammed by a Tata Sumo jeep (Ba 11 Cha 7948) from behind, Police Inspector Kamal Bajgain at Pathari-based Area Police Office said.
The injured have been identified as Yogesh Neupane, Babita Magar, Prabika Magar and Durga Magar of Gauradaha; Ramesh Tamang of Kavrepalanchok; Hari Prasad Nembang of Miklajung Rural Municipality, Panchthar; jeep driver Kul Bahadur Regmi; and container driver Laxman Adhikari of Rapti Municipality-2, Chitwan.
All the injured have been taken to the Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital.
Meanwhile, motorcyclist Gorakh Chaudhary (33) of Dangisharan Rural Municipality-6 in Dang district died when a pick-up van (Ra 1 Cha 346) heading west from Tulsipur hit his motorcycle (Ba 97 Pa 5832) at Nandragaun of Tulsipur Sub metropolis-2, police said.
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