Two killed in separate road accidents in Jhapa

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.