A couple died in a road accident in Kailali early on Thursday.

A 38-year-old man and his 35-year-old wife of Panchadewal Binayak Municipality-1 succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment.

According to Chisapani Area Police Office, the motorcycle headed to Bardiya skidded off the road and fell some 300 metres down at Mohanyal Rural Municipality causing the fatalities.

Severely injured in the accident, the couple breathed their last in the course of treatment at the Kailali-based Tikapur Hospital. Doctors pronounced them dead at 12:55am.