Three people died and 15 others were injured in a collision between two vehicles on the East-West Highway at Jaluwatol, Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-3, Sunsari.
According to Yograj Khatiwada, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Sunsari, a passenger bus (Me 1 Kha 1799) traveling from Kakarbhitta to Diktel collided with a microbus (Province 2-01-001 Ja 0047) coming from the opposite direction on Monday morning.
Khatiwada said that the identities of the deceased have not yet been established.
The injured are receiving treatment at Inaruwa, Biratnagar Neuro, and Nobel Hospital.
Khatiwada said that the bus driver, Gopal Adhikari from Arjundhara Municipality-1, Jhapa, has been taken into custody and further investigation into the incident is underway.