In the past 24 hours, three accidents occurred in Udayapur and Bara areas respectively, resulting in 3 deaths and 6 injuries.
One person was killed and five passengers were injured in a jeep accident in Pal Singh, Katari Municipality-10, Udayapur on Monday.
Police said the jeep lost control and fell about 100 meters from the side of the road on its way from Rupatar in the township of Tapli to Katari.
Six of the nine passengers in the jeep were injured, according to Rakesh Podar, deputy superintendent and information officer of the Udayapur district police station.
Among the injured, a 65-year-old man from Tapli township died while being treated at Katari hospital. Five other injured people are being treated at the same hospital and are in normal health, police said.
According to the police, the driver, Ishwar Narayan Shrestha, 32, from Tapli Rural Municipality-5, was detained by the Katari Regional Police Station.
Likewise, two people died at the scene in a bicycle accident in the city of Nijgadh, Bara on Sunday night.
The bicycle carried three people. In the accident on the East-West Highway, the rider and a rear seater were killed, and another rear seater was seriously injured.
According to Inspector Sanjeev Oli of the District Police, the 26-year-old rider from Rautahat Gajra Municipality-3 Simri and 27-year-old backseat Nijgadh died in the accident.
The injured, a 24-year-old man who is a resident of the same location, is being treated at Bharat Medical College, police said.
According to police, the accident happened after the bicycle hit a truck parked on the highway.
The truck and its driver are in the custody of the Njjigad Regional Police. Ollie said further investigations into the incident are ongoing.
