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Biker and pillion rider die after head-on bus collision
A head-on collision with a bus killed a motorcyclist and the pillion rider in Bhaktapur on Thursday.bookmark
Published at : September 22, 2018
Updated at : September 22, 2018 09:57
Bhaktapur
A head-on collision with a bus killed a motorcyclist and the pillion rider in Bhaktapur on Thursday.
The bus (Ba 9 Kha 9454) heading to Banepa hit the motorcycle (Ba 80 Pa 6959) in Suryabinayak.
Metropolitan Police Circle Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jagati Shishu Sharma said the motorcyclist Sudarshan Timalsina, 35, resident of Panauti in Kavre district and pillion rider Yelisha Adhikari, 18, resident of Chitwan district died following the accident.
Seriously injured Timalsina and Adhikari were taken to Bhaktapur Hospital, but doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. Police have taken bus driver Sanam Shrestha of Banepa into custody. (RSS)
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