One person died in a tipper accident at Thati in Katari Municipality of Udaypur along the Sidhi Charan Highway on Thursday afternoon.

The person has been identified as Indra Bahadur Sharki, 18, said to be the helper of the tipper (Na 7 Kha 6706).

Driver Sher Bahadur Khatri, 35, was critically injured in the accident.

The tipper was headed to Solukhumbu from Katari carrying cement for Solu Hydro.