JHAPA, Jan 2: Scooter rider Laxmi Saha, 33, died after a loaded truck hit her scooter on Paliya Bridge in Mechinagar–6 along the under-construction Asian Highway on Thursday night.
The truck (PB 02 BR 7765) struck the scooter (Pr 1–01–013 P 5888) while she was travelling from Kakarbhitta to Birtamod.
Information Officer at the District Police Office, Khagendra Bahadur Khadka, said that Saha, a resident of Mechinagar–6, was critically injured in the accident.
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She was immediately taken to Mechi AMDA Hospital in Dhulabari for treatment, where doctors declared her dead, Khadka added.
Police took the 36-year-old truck driver, Sandeep Singh of Punjab, India, into custody and held him at the local police office.
Members of the public have complained about the distress caused by haphazard diversions along the under-construction Asian Highway and the uneven road surface.
On the evening of December 20, two young people died in a motorcycle accident at a diversion near Buttawari Tea Garden in Birtamod–6.
The public have also complained about the improper placement and maintenance of diversion signs, as well as poor road conditions on the Kakarbhitta–Birtamod section of the highway.
Journalist Sabitra Dahal of Kankai–6 and Evan Luintel of Mechinagar–9 said they were involved in an accident on the highway due to poorly managed diversions.
Dahal and Luintel have recently returned home after recovering from their injuries following a prolonged hospital stay.
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