SUNSARI: Two people riding a motorcycle died after a truck hit their motorcycle in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City–13, near Ganesh Petrol Pump.
According to Chandra Bahadur Khadka, the information officer of the District Police Office, the deceased are 27-year-old Sparsh Aryal and 28-year-old Saswat Pokharel from Biratnagar Metropolitan City– 9 and 2, respectively.
Last night, on the Koshi Highway, a truck with plate number Province 1–04–001 Kha 0008, going from Itahari to Biratnagar, hit a motorcycle with plate number Ba Pra 02–025 Pa 3136 coming from the opposite direction, leading to the accident.
Both people on the motorcycle were seriously injured after being hit by the truck. The police said they were taken to Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar for treatment, but died during treatment.
The truck driver involved in the accident, 39-year-old Kashiram Chaudhary from Ramdhuni Municipality–5 in Sunsari, has been taken into police custody.
