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Four-year-old succumbs to injuries in Rautahat

RAUTAHAT, Feb 27: Primary investigation shows that the truck’s driver, Parlahad Thapaliya from Nijgadh, Bara driving...

By Republica

RAUTAHAT, Feb 27: A four-year-old boy, Kalarin Rai succumbed to bus injuries early morning today. Rai, was one of the four school children who was critically injured in a school bus-truck collision on Tueday afternoon. Rai was studying in grade nursery at the Nepal Police School, Garuda-4.


“The other three critically injured students are out of danger,” the District Police Office, Rautahat said.  Those injured are undergoing treatment at Birgunj, according to Bhupendra Khatri, assistant sub-inspector at DPO, Rautahat.


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The other injured students are Ayat Singh, Yuvraj Patel, Kritika Ranjan, Saugat Saru, Aryan Rastogi. Likewise, the school bus’s driver, Dambar BK, teachers Nirupa Karki and Ishwari Thapa and a police officer also sustained injuries. 


The school bus (Ba 1 Ga 2179) and the truck (Na 3 Kha 7418) collided head-on near to the petrol pump station at Garuda – 8 while overtaking in a turning.  The bus was heading to the school’s hostel at Garuda-8, Jingadiya carrying children from grade Lower Kindergarten (LKG) to nursery. 


Primary investigation shows that the truck’s driver, Parlahad Thapaliya from Nijgadh, Bara driving under the influence and lost control in a turn – thereby hitting the school bus and injuring nine, including six children.

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