Two persons were killed in a road accident that happened on Thursday evening along the Postal Highway at Haldibari Rural Municipality-5 in Jhapa district. Sub-Inspector of Nepal Police Purna Prasad Gautam said that a pick-up van hit a motorcycle, killing both the motorcyclist and pillion rider.
Sub-Inspector Gautam shared that 31-year-old Prem Prasain of Haldibari Rural Municipality-5 and pillion rider Dikes Karki of Barahakshetra Municipality-10, who were critically injured in the mishap, were pronounced dead immediately after they were taken to the B and C Hospital in Birtamod, Jhapa.
