JANAKPURDHAM: One person was killed and two others were injured when a bus collided with a motorcycle at Makhanaha in Sabaila Municipality-5, along the Dhanushadham-Sabaila inner road section, in Dhanusha district.
According to police, the accident occurred last night when a bus (Na 6 Kha 9031), travelling from the opposite direction, struck a motorcycle (Madhesh Province 02-01 Pa 6449) heading from Sabaila towards Dhanushadham.
The motorcycle driver, Dhiraj Mandal, 20, a resident of Dhanushadham Municipality-7, sustained critical injuries. He was rushed to the Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham, where doctors declared him dead, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Khanal, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Dhanusha.
Two other people, Niraj Mandal, 16, who was riding the motorcycle, and Rakesh Mandal, 20, of Laxminiya Rural Municipality-2, were also injured in the collision, Khanal said.
Police said Niraj’s condition was serious. Both injured individuals are receiving treatment at Yogi Trauma Center Hospital in Janakpurdham.
The bus driver, Nagendra Mahara, 22, of Dhanushadham Municipality-2, and the bus involved in the accident have been taken into custody. Further investigation into the incident is underway, Khanal said.
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