A woman died and another sustained critical injuries when a scooter they were riding on met with an accident at Pairo in Kakani Rural Municipality-1 of Nuwakot district on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as scooter rider Rupa Tamang, 20, of Jarankhu, Tarakeshwar Municipality-11.

They were heading towards Nuwakot from Kathmandu to celebrate the Nepali New Year when the incident occurred this morning, according to Inspector Kailash Bhattarai.

Police said that Srijana Shrestha, 16, of Nayabazaar, who was riding pillion on the scooter, was injured in the incident.

She is receiving treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu.

The body of Tamang has been taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for post-mortem.

The incident took place after Tamang lost control of the two-wheeler (Ba 79 Pa 9098) and fell some 20 metres down the road, police said.