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19 killed, 73 injured in traffic accidents in East during holidays
At least 19 people were killed and 73 others were injured in road accidents in the eastern region during the Dashain holidays.At least 19 people were killed and 73 others were injured in road accidents in the eastern region during the Dashain holidays.
According to the Regional Traffic Police in Itahari, the accidents had occurred in 65 places of Morang, Sunsari, Udayapur, Siraha, Jhapa, Shankhuwasabha, Panchthar, Saptari and Ilam districts.
Of the 73 people injured in these accidents, 36 are in critical condition, police said.
During last year’s Dashain holidays, 18 people were killed in 105 traffic accidents that were reported in the region.
Drunk driving and carrying passengers beyond the vehicle’s capacity are often the main reasons behind road accidents that take place during the festival holidays.
2 dead in Dhading, Nawalparasi
Two persons died in road accidents in Dhading and Nawalparasi on Wednesday and Thursday.
An Armed Police Force personnel was killed when two motorcycles collided in Baireni, Dhading, on Thursday. Police said APF Inspector Dhurba Thapa was riding pillion in his son’s motorcycle when they crashed with another motorcycle coming from the opposite direction. Thapa died in the incident.
Police have detained the rider of another motorcycle, who was identified as Praladh Subedi.
In Nawalparasi, 40-year-old Narayani Adhikari of Parsauni-2 died when a car and bus crashed head-on at Lokaha along the Mahendra Highway.
In Myagdi, at least 13 people were injured in a jeep accident at Beni Municipality-1. Police said the jeep en route to Baglung from Beni had fallen off a sharp bend of the road.
The injured people are undergoing treatment at Baglung-based hospital, said police.