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Two die as car hits motorbike in Dang
Two people died when a car hit motorbike they were riding at Narti stretch of the East-West Highway in Dang on Sunday.Durga Lal KC
Two people died when a car hit motorbike they were riding at Narti stretch of the East-West Highway in Dang on Sunday.
A car bearing a registration number UK-01-TA-1415 bound for Lamahi from Bhaluwang hit the bike (Ra 1 Pa 5883) coming from the opposite direction at Lamahi Municipality-3.
Bike rider Dhan Bahadur Subedi, 49, and pillion rider Bishnu Bahadur GC, 50, who were critically injured after the car hit the motorbike, died on the way to a hospital in Butwal for treatment, Police said. Police have arrested the driver and impounded the car.
In a separate incident, two persons were injured when a passenger bus (Na 5 Kha 6767) hit a motorbike (Lu 39 Pa 3882) at Ghorahi-Lamahi road stretch on Saturday night.
Padam Magar, 19, of Majhkot in Pyuthan Municipality-6, and Yam Bahadhur Magar were injured. They were referred to Nepalgunj for further treatment after preliminary treatment at Ghorahi Sub-regional Hospital, police said.