KATHMANDU: Ten people have died in road accidents in different parts of the country.

According to the central police newsroom, nine people died in accidents in Sindhuli, Sunsari, Udayapur, Dhanusha, Morang, Rautahat, and Rolpa in the last 24 hours.

Three people died on the spot when the jeep with registration plate number Ko 1 Ja 2976 met an accident when the driver lost control of the vehicle on the road at Nagthan, Fikkal Rural Municipality-6, Sindhuli this morning. Among the deceased is 21-year-old Yupana Rai, who lived in Diktel, Rupakot Majuwagadhi Municipality-5, Khotang.

The driver and one passenger who were injured in the accident are being treated at Sindhuli Hospital, while two others are being treated at the National Trauma Center. The jeep was heading towards Khotang from Kathmandu.

Similarly, a truck with number Lu 2 Ka 6912 hit a motorcycle with number Ko 25 Pa 2749, resulting in the death of 50-year-old Ritadevi Yadav of Babia in the same municipality. She was riding the motorcycle.

One person was killed in a collision between a motorcycle with number plate BR 38 H 3504 and another motorcycle with number plate Pra 1–02–045 Pa 8966 at Jhungitol, Sunbarsi Municipality–5, in Morang. The deceased is identified as 47-year-old Shiva Kumar Mandal.

In Katari Municipality-5, Bhorle, Udayapur, a motorcycle with the number Pra 1-05-001 Pa 9682 and an EV vehicle with the number Ba 01-006 Kha 6844 collided, resulting in the death of 30-year-old motorcycle driver Suman Shrestha, who lived in the same area.

Eighteen-year-old Sujit Yadav died in a collision between motorcycle with number plate Ja 11 Pa 3058 and the motorcycle with number Ma Pra 02-009 Pa 1157. The accident took place at Teteria Bridge area in Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City-17, Dhanusha. The police reported that three others injured in the accident are receiving treatment at various hospitals.

A motorcycle with the number plate Ba 37 Pa 9977 went out of control and crashed on the road in Maulapur Municipality-2, Maryadapur, Rautahat, killing 70-year-old Somariyadevi Thakur from Sheetalpur, Phatuwa Bijaypur Municipality-2. She was riding the bike.

One person died seven others, including the driver, were injured in an auto accident on the inner road section in Majhtol, Kawasoti Municipality-6, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta East) this afternoon.

The auto with registration number Ga Pra 04-001 Ha 0702 coming from Bishnunagar towards Kawasoti went out of control and fell into the canal on the left side of the road, according to the police.

According to Anil Pandit, the information officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office Nawalparasi (Bardghat–Susta East), 41-year-old Isha Sunar from Hattikhor, Kawasoti Municipality–1, who was seriously injured in the accident, died while undergoing treatment at Central Hospital in Bharatpur.

The police have reported that a 32-year-old woman, Khuma Kumari Bhandari, who lived in Ghorneti, Ward 1 of Madi Rural Municipality, Rolpa died this morning when an auto with the number Lu Pra 02-001 Ha 1947, traveling from Gharti Gaun towards Pedikhola, met an accident on the road at local Chalang Bhir, Ward 1 of the same municipality.