A pedestrian died on the spot after an unidentified vehicle hit him in front of the Everest Hotel in New Baneshwor of the Capital on Saturday.

The identity of the deceased, who appeared to be in his mid 20s, is yet to be established, police said.

The incident occurred at around 5:30 am today.

The body has been taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for postmortem. RSS