Two persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a tipper at Satpatiyama in Badhaiyataal Rural Municipality -3 of Bardiya on Monday.

According to the Area Police Office, Mainapokhar, local Som Bahadur (45) died on the spot while Ram Tharu breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Nepalgunj Nursing Home.

Police said that Pramila Chaudhary (35), Chameliya Tharu (40) and Laxman Sunar (19) of  Birendra Municipality-11, Surkhet, who were injured in the incident, are undergoing treatment in Nepalgunj.

The tipper (Bhe 1 Ka 1495) hit them while they were sitting around the fire to keep themselves warm at around 8 pm yesterday.