Dawa Dorje Sherpa, a motorcyclist, died after being hit by a van in Basundhara, Kathmandu.
A Sherpa of Sankhuwasabha Makalu Rural Municipality-1 died this morning when a van hit a motorcycle in Tilingatar in Kathmandu Metropolitan City last night.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajendra Prasad Bhatta, spokesperson of the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Office, informed that Sherpa, who was seriously injured in the accident, died at Green City Hospital Basundhara during treatment. 19-year-old Dolma Sherpa, who was sitting behind the motorcycle, was injured. Spokesperson Bhatt said that she is being treated at Green City Hospital.
The driver of the van has been detained by the police.
Police said that the driver of the van, 25-year-old Jeetendra Majhi, a native of Bara and a resident of Machhapokhari, Kathmandu, was found to be driving the vehicle under the influence of alcohol and without a ligal document.
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