Six persons died and 17 others were injured in a microbus-truck collision in Nepalgunj on Saturday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

The incident occurred when the microbus (Ra 1 Kha 1662) heading towards Nepalgunj from Tulsipur of Dang collided head-on with the truck (Lu 1 Kha 7729) near Muguwa stream of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-9 at around 9:15 am today.

DSP Ramesh Bahadur Singh of the Area Police Office, Kohalpur, said that the four died on the spot while two breathed their last during the course of treatment at the Kohalpur Teaching Hospital.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the same hospital. RSS