Two persons died in separate road accidents in Shivasatakshi Municipality and Kamal Rural Municipality of Jhapa on Saturday. At least eight people were injured in the accidents.
A person died when a motorbike (Me 10 Pa 7212) and a car (Ba 14 Cha 6603) collided with each other at Shivasatakshi-10.
The deceased has been identified as Anup Dhakal (23) of Damak-9, DSP Khagendra Prasad Rijal said.
Dhakal died while undergoing treatment at the Birta City Hospital, Birtamod. Pillion rider Pradeep Basnet (21) of Urlabari-1, Morang sustained injuries in the accident.
Likewise, car driver Anil Kumar Shah (50) of Birtamod-3, Jaya Prakash Shah (53) of Birtamod-4, Ranjan Shah (44) and Lalit Shah (53) of Birtamod-3 were also injured in the accident.
In yet another road mishap in Jhapa on Saturday, a person died in a scooter-motorbike collision.
The deceased has been identified as Raghunath Bhattarai (70) of Kankai-3.
The accident took place when a motorbike (Me 6 Pa 3152) en route to east from west first hit another motorbike (Province 1-01-016 Pa 8992) heading towards the same direction and then hit a scooter (Province 1-01-016 Pa 7140) coming from the opposite direction.
Chandra Prasad Bhattarai (52) and Raghunath Bhattarai (70) of Kankai-5 were injured in the accident.
Critically injured Raghunath died on the way to hospital, DSP Rijal informed.
