Two persons died and another sustained injuries when a motorbike they were riding on met with an accident in Dhanusha on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as Bharat Sahani (25) of Kamala Municipality-8 and Bijay Kumar Sahani (30) of Bideha Municipality-1 of Dhanusha, DSP Ranjan Awa, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Dhanusha, said.

DSP Awa said that Satrughan Sahani of Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City-12 was injured in the incident.

He has been taken to the Kathmandu-based Neuro Hospital for further treatment.

The incident occurred when the two-wheeler (Pradesh 2-02-002 Pa 4092) heading towards Dhalewar from Janakpurdham went out of control at Sapahi in Laxminiya Rural Municipality-4 at around 3 am today.

Police said that they are looking into the case.