A tractor driver from ward 2 of Chichila Rural Municipality died on the spot, and the assistant driver got injured in a road accident near Chyangkuti Hill in the rural municipality going from Khandbari to Chichila on Monday.

According to the police, the accident occurred when the driver was overspeeding on a narrow rural road in bad condition.

The vehicle fell some 200 metres down the road and killed the driver. The assistant driver from the same ward is receiving treatment at a local health facility in the rural municipality, said police.