A motorcyclist died and his pillion rider sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in ward 18 of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City of Dang district on Saturday night. 

According to the District Police Office, Aadarsha Pun, aged 27, of ward 1 of Bhume Rural Municipality in Rukum East succumbed to his injuries in Rapti Academy of Health Sciences on Sunday. 

Ram Kumar Pun of the same place was injured in the accident that occurred on Saturday night.