Two patients die as ambulances get stuck in landslide along BP Highway

Setopati

Kathmandu, Sept 29

Two patients have died on the way as the ambulances carrying them got stuck in a landslide along the BP Highway.

Two ambulances carrying patients had remained stuck in a landslide at Dumja in Sunkoshi Rural Municipality-1 of Sindhuli since Friday.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Khadka at District Police Office, Sindhuli, both patients died at around 9:30 Sunday morning as they could not reach Kathmandu for treatment.

The deceased are 94-year-old Tika Kumar Bujhel of Malla Gaun in Kamala Mai Municipality-4 of Sindhuli and 47-year-old Man Bahadur Sunjali of Bardibas Municipality-8, Mahottari.

According to DSP Khadka, the ambulances with registration numbers Ba 21 Cha 7523 and Ga 1 Cha 1708 were traveling to Kathmandu from Sindhuli with the two patients.

Bhujel was an asthma patient while Sunjali was suffering from kidney-related problems, DSP Khadka said.

Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Friday night have blocked the BP Highway at several places.