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Three dead, two injured in Morang road accident
A tipper hit a bus at first and then a jeep causing fatalities, police said quoting eyewitnesses.
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Published at : March 1, 2024
Updated at : March 1, 2024 12:28
Biratnagar
At least three people died in a road accident involving three vehicles in Belbari of Morang district on Friday morning.
Morang District Police Office said the fatalities occurred when a tipper, a bus and a jeep collided on the Belbari road section of the East-West Highway.
Two others were injured, police said.
The tipper hit the bus at first and then the jeep, police said quoting eyewitnesses.
The deceased are a 36-year-old jeep driver of Birtamod Municipality-2, a 51-year-old man of Kamal Rural Municipality and a 50-year-old woman.
The injured are being treated at the Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital.
Police have arrested the tipper driver, a 23-year-old man of Morang, and his assistant, a 45-year-old man, for further investigation.
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