Two people were killed in separate accidents Tuesday in Morang. Lalita Agrawal, 55, of Dharan Sub Metropolis-1 died in a car accident occurred at Kanepokhari rural municipality-7 along the East-West highway.
The car (Ba 19 Cha 6122) overturned on the roadside as the driver all of a sudden lost control over it, leaving five including Lalita injured. She breathed her last in course of treatment at the Pathari Hospital while injured Dikhnath Agrawal, 81, of Dharan-1; Geeta Agrawal, 30, of Bharatpur Metropolis, Chitwan; driver Anish Agrawal from the same place and nine-year-old boy Barun Agrawal are being treated at the Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital, police said.
Similarly, Aanshu Agrawal, 30, of Rangeli municipality-7 died when a truck bearing the Indian number plate hit a motorcycle at Biratnagar metropolis-9. She was a pillion rider on a motorcycle riding by her husband Manoj Agrawal, 38, along with her seven-year-old daughter. The father and the daughter have been injured in the accident and admitted to the Saptakoshi Hospital, the District Police Office Morang confirmed.
Police have arrested the truck driver along with the vehicle for further investigations into the accident.
