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Young couple and their infant daughter die in Jumla car crash
Three members of a family died and four others suffered injuries in a car accident at Hima Rural Municipality in Jumla district on WednesdayThree members of a family died and four others suffered injuries in a car accident at Hima Rural Municipality in Jumla district on Wednesday. Police identified the deceased as Lale Sarki, 27, of Tila-3, his wife Janaki, 26, and their eight-month-old daughter Mahima Sarki. According to the District Police Office, Jumla, the car (Bhe 1 Ja 865) was returning after picking a patient at Narakot village in Sinja Rural Municipality when it fell around 200 meters down the road in Badki area of Himal Rural Municipality.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sitaram Rija said that four people were critically wounded. They were taken to the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences for treatment. In a separate incident, seven people were injured when a Bolero SUV crashed at Kanaka Sundari Rural Municipality in Jumla on the same day.
One dead as bus hits scooter
SUNSARI: A scooter rider died after being hit by a bus near Tinkune area in Dharan, Sunsari, on Wednesday. Police said 18-year-old Pratap Chaudhary, who was critically injured in the incident, died during treatment. A resident of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-6, Chaudhary was travelling to the Bishokarma temple in Dharan when his scooter was struck by the bus. Police have seized the bus and its driver Khagendra Darji.