Two persons died in separate road accidents in Nawalparasi district on Sunday night.

A man, who was critically injured after a van (Ga 2 Cha 26 54) hit a bus (Na 2 Kha 3836) he was travelling in at Badera, Sunwal Municipality-12 in the district, breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Lumbini Zonal Hospital.

The deceased has been identified as Mahendra Budha of Pipara in Surkhet district, according to the District Police Office, Nawalparasi.

Budha was an assistant driver of the bus.

Similarly, a cyclist died after being hit by a motorbike (Na 2 Pa 4251) at Harkapur along the East-West Highway.

Critically injured in the incident, Rabi Lal Poudel, 52, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College in Bharatpur, police said.