Road accidents in Saptari and Makwanpur kill 5

October 17, Rajbiraj/Hetauda: As many as five people have died in road accidents in Saptari and Makwanpur districts.

Three people died in two different road accidents in Saptari district on Saturday.

According to the police, two motorcyclists died in a road mishap that took place at Khadak municipality-4, Amaha in Saptari along the East-West Highway

Binek Sapkota, 22, of Shivasatasi municipality-6 of Jhapa, rider of the motorbike (Ba 56 Pa 2515) and Dayaram Singh Rajbamshi, rider of the motorbike (Sa 5 Pa 8434) died in the accident, Saptari Police shared.

Chandan Kumar Sah, 35, of Matihani municipality-7 of Mahottari was critically injured in the accident.

The injured was sent to Biratnagar for treatment, informed Information Officer of District Police Office, Saptari, DSP Madhav Prasad Kafle.

Likewise in a separate accident, pillion rider Pramodh Manal, 40, of Bihul rural municipality-6, Rautahat died in a motorbike accident at Shambhunath municipality-8, Milanchowk of Saptari district. The passenger-ferrying bus (Na 5 Kha 9000) had knocked the motorbike coming east from west.

Similarly, two people died after a jeep accident occurred at Lamibagar of Indrasarobar Rural Municipality-2 in Makwanpur district along the Hetauda Kulekhani-Kathmandu road section.

The jeep (Na 1 Ja 4511) heading to Birgunj from Kathmandu somersaulted on the road being uncontrolled, according to District Police Office, Makwanpur.

Ten passengers including the driver injured in the accident have been sent to different hospitals in Hetauda and Lalitpur.