At least one person died in a road accident in Sarlahi on Monday. Ten others have been injured.

The accident occurred after a vehicle, belonging to the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation’s survey department of Malangawa, rear-ended a tractor carrying sugarcane on the Nawalpur-Malangawa road section late on Monday, police said.

Binod Ghimire, 45, who had sustained serious injuries, died in the course of treatment at the Alex Neuro Hospital in Kalaiya. Ghimire was an office assistant at the survey department.

The situation of some of the injured, including department head Sanjay Manandhar, is critical, police said.

Five of the injured are being treated in Kalaiya while four others have been taken to Birgunj. One other was rushed to Malangawa.