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.
Eight injured in van-bus collision in Chitwan
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.