SIRAHA: One person was killed and five others injured when a tipper collided with an electric vehicle (EV) carrying passengers in Karjanha Municipality-4, Siraha, along the East-West Mahendra Highway. Police said two of the injured are in critical condition.
According to Ramesh Bahadur Pal, information officer at the District Police Office, Siraha, the accident occurred when the EV (MP 01-001 Ja 0124), travelling east to west, was struck by a tipper coming from the opposite direction.
Shova Kumari, 45, of Golbazar Municipality-4, who was seriously injured in the accident, died while undergoing treatment. Her body has been kept at Provincial Hospital, Siraha, for postmortem examination.
Among the injured, 22-year-old Priyanka Yadav, who is in critical condition, was airlifted to Medicity Hospital in Kathmandu for further treatment. Another injured passenger, 45-year-old Lalita Mahato of Golbazar Municipality-6, was taken to Biratnagar for treatment, Pal said.
Police have taken the tipper driver into custody and impounded the vehicle. Further investigation into the accident is underway, police said.
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