One person was killed, and two others were injured in a road accident in Nawalparasi East on Tuesday.

Fifty-nine-year-old Harish Chandraman Shrestha died after a car and a truck collided in the Kawasoti section of the East-West highway, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Bed Bahadur Paudel.

Shrestha, a local of Siddharthanagar Municipality-7, died during the course of treatment at the Madhyabindu District Hospital, police said.

Saroj Kumar Shah, 28, and 21-year-old Saraswati Shah have sustained minor injuries.