One dies, another injured in motorcycle accident

Bardiya: A person died and another one got severe injury in a motorcycle accident occurred at Badhaiyatal of Bardiya today.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bardiya, Resham Bohara, the deceased was Ridim Thapa, 16, of Kohalpur-9 in Banke.

Seriously injured in the accident, Thapa died while undergoing treatment in a Lucknow-based hospital, India, on Tuesday morning.

Dikshit Shrestha, 20, also from Kohalpur-9, was critically injured in the incident. He is on ventilator support. Initially, both were rushed to the Nepalgunj-based Sanjeevani Medical College and were referred to India.

The accident involving a motorcycle (Bhe 14 Pa 8624) heading towards Nepalgunj from Gulariya occurred at 7:25 am on November 9.

The bike hit an electric pole on the roadside at Shitala Bazaar of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-8 when the rider lost control of it all of a sudden. Further investigation into the accident is underway.

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