Two killed in road accident in Gulmi

Gulmi: Two people travelling in a motorcycle have died when a bus hit it this morning in Malika Rural Municipality, Gulmi.

Four people have been injured in the accident. The bus with number plate Lu Pra 01–00 Kha 0355 belonging to the Siddha English Boarding School, carrying students from Ramche for a picnic, had collided with a motorcycle, number Lu9Pa 8150, coming from the opposite direction in the direction of Purkot under Madane Rural Municipality.

According to Ganga Bahadur Saru, the information officer of the District Police Office, the motorcycle involved in the collision was carrying 36-year-old Basanta Aryal and his older brother’s wife, 56-year-old Mankala Aryal, from Malika Rural Municipality-6 Mauwa.

They were brought to Gulmi Hospital Tamghas for treatment, where the doctor declared them dead.

Similarly, six-year-old Anubhav Giri, the grandson of the deceased Mankala, and Lilawati Aryal, a 41-year-old teacher at Jamarpokhara Secondary School from Ramche, Ward No. 6 of the rural municipality, were injured in the accident.

Among the injured, Giri has been referred to Palpa for further treatment, while teacher Aryal is being treated at Gulmi hospital, according to the police.

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