BUTWAL, Sept 20: Two persons were killed when a motorcycle they were riding on rammed into a truck coming from opposite direction at Banaganga-1, Pipara along the East-West Highway in Kapilvastu district on Saturday night.
The accident occurred when the truck (Ra 1 Kha 422) traveling west collided with the motorcycle (Lu 4 Pa 8782) at Pipara at 9 p.m. on Saturday.
Motorist Bhaktiram Bhusal, 38, of Sitapur-4, Arghakhanchi and pillion rider Lekhnath Ghimire, 39, of Thada-2, Arghakhanchi, died while undergoing treatment in Lumbini Zonal Hospital, Butwal.
Inspector Lilaraj Lamichhane of Area Police Office in Gorusinghe said that police have taken the truck driver into custody and impouded the vehicle.
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