Kawasoti, Nov 8: Two persons were killed and 22
others injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck at Daunne of
Nawalparasi on the East-West Highway on Friday afternoon.
The bus (Na5Kha666) heading towards Pokhara from
Nepalgunj collided with the truck (Na3Kha 4376) coming from the opposite
direction, according to the District Traffic Police Office, Nawalparasi.
The deceased have been identified as Usha Barai
of Siktan-6 in Rupandehi and the bus driver Badri Bikram Bhandari,40, of Hemja,
Kaski. Barai died on the spot while Bhandari succumbed to his injuries on the
way to hospital.
The injured are undergoing treatment in Lumbini
Hospital of Butwal and Bhairahawa medical college. Five of the injured are
reported to be in a critical condition, police said. RSS
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