KATHMANDU: One person died and 10 others were injured in a collision between a tractor and a bolero in Kalika Municipality-5 of Chitwan on Monday afternoon.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Chandra Bhushan Yadav of the District Police Office, Chitwan, the accident occurred at 1:35 p.m. when a tractor with registration number Na 6 Ta 6444, traveling from Machauli Tole towards Lankaline, collided with a bolero with registration number Ba. Pra. 3-01-024 Cha 3473, which was heading from Kamini Ghat towards Banakatta.
Police confirmed that 35-year-old Laxmi Pariyar, a resident of Kalika Municipality-3, who was traveling in the bolero, died in the incident.
The injured have been identified as Savitri Majhi (52), Uma Shrestha (26), Kabita Pariyar (25), Maiya Kumari Lopchan (43), Juni Sunar (22), Uma Waiba (20), Pabitra BK (20), Lalkumari Gumba (42), Komal Bahadur Shrestha (39), and Sitamaya Shrestha (35). All of the injured are undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College.
Police have taken the tractor and its driver, 42-year-old BK Syangwo of Kalika-1, into custody. Further investigation into the incident is currently underway.
