Two people including a policeman have died after a passenger bus hit their motorcycle on the Shivasatakshi-Dharampur section of the East-West highway in Jhapa district today.
The bus belonging to the Jhulkedevi Yatayat hit the motorcycle while the two victims had been riding, killing them instantaneously, District Police Office's spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent Basanta Pathak, said.
Police identified the deceased as 26-year-old Prakash Rai of Pathari-Sanischare-8 of Morang district and 26-year-old Jituhang Rai of Khadananda, Bhojpur district. Prakash is a police constable working at the District Police Office, Jhapa while Jituhang is a Myadi (temporary) police. Police have impounded the bus and arrested the bus driver.
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