BIRATNAGAR: A man has died in a tractor accident at Ikrahi in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-4 of Morang district.

The deceased has been identified as 55-year-old tractor driver Asharam Chaudhari of Barju rural municipality-6.

The accident took place when an on-test tractor heading towards south plunged into a canal at Ikrahi on Sunday night.

Critically injured Chaudhari breathed his last in the course of treatment at Koshi Hospital, said District Police Office, Morang.