A person died and two other sustained injuries when a bus hit a scooter they were riding on at Besigaun in Jorpati of Kathmandu on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as scooter rider Dipen Dahal (18) of Okhaldhunga.

The bus (Ba 3 Kha 1318) heading towards Sundarjal from Jorpati hit the two-wheeler (Bagmati Pradesh 02-012 Pa 5326) coming from the opposite direction yesterday.

He died during the course of treatment at the Jorpati-based Nepal Medical College at around 4 pm, Boudha police said.