Two brothers died when a tipper truck hit a motorcycle at Dharapani in Dhanusha district on Wednesday.

Police identified the deceased as Bikash Rai, 25, and his brother Sachin, 23, of Triyuga Municipality-4 in Udayapur district. Both of them died on the spot. The speeding tipper (Na 1 Kha 6889) hit the stationary bike (Sa 5 Pa 9046) that traffic police officers had stopped for checking. Enraged locals blocked the highway for a few hours. (PR)