SAPTARI: A woman was killed in an elephant attack in the Saptari district today. The deceased has been identified as Janaki Magar, 38, of Shambhunath Municipality-2.
The elephant from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve had attacked Magar, said a local Raju Jaiswal. The lifeless body of the woman has been brought at Rajbiraj-based Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Hospital for postmortem.
Meanwhile, a motorcyclist died on the spot in a road accident at Agnisair Krishnabaran Rural Municipality-2 of Saptari district today. The deceased has been identified as Bikram Sardar, 23, of the same rural municipality.
The accident took place when a motorcycle (Sa 8 Pa 5629) collided with a truck (Na 3 Kha 6126) parked in front of a garage for the maintenance.
Similarly, pillion rider Tarun Sardar, 26, of the same place was injured in the incident and he has been taken to Neuro Hospital, Biratnagar.
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