A woman injured in a road accident in Kaski on Tuesday evening died in the course of treatment at Western Regional Hospital Wednesday morning.
Sarita Gauli of Kapur rural municipality in Sindhuli district breathed her last in the course of treatment. The truck (Ga 1 Kha 4999) hit the motorcycle (Ga 2 Pa 9691) that she was traveling, at Shiva Chowk in Pokhara-Lekhnath Metropolitan City on Tuesday evening, the police said. Her husband Shuk Tamang, who sustained hand and leg injuries, is receiving treatment at the hospital.
Meanwhile, a pedestrian was seriously injured when the microbus (Ba 2 Kha 1323) hit her at Shantinagar in Kathmandu today morning. Sita Adhikari was walking in the streets when the incident occurred (at around 6 am), the police said. Adhikari has been rushed to Norvic International Hospital, while a search has been launched for the fleeing driver, the police added.