UDAYAPAUR, Aug 24: The death toll from a road accident in Udayapur on Monday morning has risen to three.
The accident occurred at around 9:45 a.m. in Lalbazar, Belaka Municipality-4, when an auto-rickshaw (Ko Pra 05-001 Ha 0613) collided with a school bus (Ko 1 Kha 3516) belonging to Safal Adarsha English Boarding School, which was travelling in the opposite direction.
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Auto-rickshaw driver 38-year-old Indra Thapa Magar died while undergoing treatment at around 2:30 p.m., according to Inspector Ashwin Tolange, chief of the Area Police Office.
Earlier, 34-year-old Mandira Magar of Maini, Belaka Municipality-5, and 18-year-old Diya Rai of Bange, Barahakshetra Municipality-4, Sunsari, had died while receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan. Police said both died at around 11:45 a.m.
Two other people injured in the accident, 18-year-old Roshan Magar of Maini, Belaka Municipality-5, and 19-year-old Ajit Gurung of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-12, Morang, are receiving treatment.
Police have taken the school bus and its driver, 36-year-old Bikram Thapa of Ghumne, Belaka Municipality-5, into custody and are investigating the incident.
