Three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Chitwan on Friday.

According to the Chitwan District Police Office, two truck drivers and a motorcyclist died in the accident.

A container truck, en route to Mugling from Narayangadh, collided with an Indian truck at the Bhateri forest in ward 1 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City at around 6:15 am on Friday.

Truck drivers Pramod Patel and Hetab Alam, a 24-year-old Indian national from Uttar Pradesh, succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Shri Ram Bhandari.

Twenty-two-year-old Sawan Ahmed, the conductor of the Indian truck, is in critical condition. He is undergoing treatment at the Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital in Bharatpur, Bhandari added.

Likewise, 50-year-old Chandi Prasad Adhikari had sustained serious injuries after the motorcycle he was riding was hit by another vehicle at Ashok Chowk of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-8 on Thursday midnight.

Adhikari died while undergoing treatment at the Bharatpur-based hospital at around 2am, police said.

Search for the absconding culprits is underway, DSP Bhandari added.