Three persons died and five others were injured when a truck hit a house in Bandipur. Police identified the deceased as Ayush Bhujel (12), Chet Bahadur Gharti (50) and San Bahadur Bhujel (69) of Bandupur Rural Municipality-1. DSP Mohan Bahadur Khand said that all of them died in the course of treatment at the Purano Medical College in Bharatpur.

Police said that the incident occurred after the driver lost control of the vehicle (Na 4 Kha 1973) and hit the houses belonging to Sanumaya Bhujel and San Bahadur Bhujel near Aadhikhola in Bandipur Rural Municipality-5 of Tanahun along the Prithvi Highway.

The injured have been identified as Ayusha Bhujel (6), Jasmin Bhujel (10), Ishwor Bhujel (10), Samir Bhujel (8) and Santosh Bhujel (5). Following the incident, locals obstructed the highway for four hours.