Three persons died and 13 others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus at Mirchaiya-6 of Siraha on the east-west highway. 

The accident took place in the wee hours today when a passenger bus (Na. 5 Kha. 4889) en route to Kathmandu from Kakarvitta collided with a truck (Na. 3 Kha. 4130) coming from the opposite direction. The incident took place at around 2:00 am, according to DSP at the Area Police Office in Mirchaiya Shyam Singh Chaudhary. 

The deceased have been identified as Payal Agrawal,33, and Bindiya Gurung,30 of Gangtok, Sikkim and Nanu Rai,35, of Rabi-6 in Paanchthar. All three died on the spot. 

Those injured include Anuka Thapa, Biru Kharel, Suman, Sodiya Thapa, Sardiyas Chettri, Saroj Thapa of Kathmandu, Dilu Kalakheti of Sankhuwasabha, Kasim Chettri of Ilam, Lakpa Tamang of Pashupatinagar, Hira Karki, Krishna Bahadur Karki and Aditi Karki of Bara and Manoj Rai of Rabi-5, Paancthar, DSP Chaudhary said. 

Among the injured, Anuka Thapa, Biru Kharel, Suman and Sodiya Thapa have been sent to the Neuro hospital in Biratnagar while the rest are undergoing treatment at the Rekha Nursing Home in Mirchaiya. 

The truck driver Fadendra Rajpuri of Hetauda-3, Makwanpur has been arrested while the driver of the bus is at large. RSS