Four persons died in a truck accident at Bhadaure in Katari Municipality-14 of Udayapur district on Monday.

The truck (Na 2 Kha 8297) carrying the cement of Miksu Solu Hydropower was heading towards Solukhumbu from Hetauda of Makwanpur when the incident occurred at around 2:30 am today.

According to Inspector Mohan Thapa of the District Police Office, Udayaour,driver Sujit Ghalan (35) of Simara-1, Bara, assistant driver Nitesh Khadka (25), Anuj Lama (17), Rajan Tamang (35) died in the spot.

According to a preliminary investigation of the police, the incident occurred after the driver fell asleep.

Police said that they are looking into the case.