Two persons died in a motorcycle accident in Dang on Monday. 

The deceased have been identified as bike rider Gyanendra Budhathoki (28) of Tribeni Rural Municipality -7 in Rolpa  and pillion rider Kamal Oli (39) of Tulasipur Sub-Metropolitan City-17, said Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Dang, Resham Bohara.  

The accident took place when the motorcycle (Lu Pra 02-001 Pa 1102) heading towards Tulasipur from Ghorahi fell into a ditch near an under-construction bridge at Sewar rivulet this morning. 

Both of them were rushed to the Ghorahi-based Rapti Institute of Health Sciences but doctors declared them dead on arrival, said police.