NAWALPUR, Sept 24: Five persons died when a truck collided head-on with a car at Kawasoti municipality-8, Kharkatta of Narayanghat-Butwal section along the Mahendra Highway at around 10:15 pm on Monday.
According to District Police Office, Nawalpur, the truck (Lu 1 Kha 8532) heading to the east collided with the car (Ba 21 Cha 6409) coming from the opposite direction.
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Of deceased, only three have been identified as Purna Bahadur Bika aka Dipak, aged 35, of Devchuli-1, Keureni, Nawalparasi; Dil Bahadur Dhenga of Devchiuli-5, and Suraj Rana Magar of Kailali.
Two others have yet to be identified, according to police.
The five breathed their last while they were being rushed to Chitwan for treatment.
