Two persons died in a road accident along the Phattepur-Kanchanpur road section in Saptari district on Sunday.

The deceased have been identified as Rajesh Kumar Sah, 25, of Bolka municipality of Udayapur district and Dilip Kurmar Sah, 26, of Inaruwa municipality-2 of Sunsari district, according to the Area Police Office, Kanchanpur.

The accident took place when a micro bus (Ba 4 Kha 824) heading towards Phattepur from Kathmandu hit a motorcycle ( Ko 31 Pa 3350) at Kanchanroop municipality-6. Rajesh was motorcyclist and Dilip Kumar was pillion rider. Police have impounded the vehicles. RSS