NAWALPUR, June 2: One person died and five others including two students were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a school van in Devchuli, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta East) on Monday morning.
According to authorities, the accident occurred at Dumkoli Chowk in Devchuli-2 when an ambulance (Na 4 Cha 4616) heading towards Narayanghat with a patient collided head-on with a school van (Ba 20 Cha 72) coming from the opposite direction.
Madhav Nepal, the spokesperson of the District Police Office, said the driver of the van Kul Prasad Subedi,52, of Devchuli-1 and affiliated with Divya Academy Boarding School—died during treatment at Chitwan Medical College at 9:20 AM. He had sustained head and leg injuries.
The injured passengers, including the patient from the ambulance, were taken to Manakamana Hospital in Bharatpur, Chitwan.