Two women were killed and three others injured after a school bus collided with an auto-rickshaw in Jahada of Belaka Municipality-5, Udayapur, on Monday morning.
According to police, the accident occurred at around 9:45 a.m. when an auto-rickshaw (Ko. Pra. 05-001 Ha 0613) heading from Supade toward Lalbazar collided with a school bus (Ko. 1 Kha 3516) belonging to Safal Adarsha English Boarding School, which was coming from the opposite direction.
All five people traveling in the auto-rickshaw were injured in the collision. They were immediately taken to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan for treatment.
Police said 34-year-old Mandira Magar of Belaka Municipality-5 and another woman whose identity has not yet been established died during treatment. Doctors at the hospital declared both women dead.
Auto-rickshaw driver Indra Thapa, around 28, of Belaka-5, sustained serious injuries. Similarly, 19-year-old Ajit Gurung of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-12 is in moderate condition, while 18-year-old Roshan Magar of Belaka-5 is seriously injured. All three are receiving treatment at the same hospital in Dharan.
Following the accident, a police team from the Area Police Office, Rampur Thoksila, reached the scene. Police have taken the school bus and its driver, around 36-year-old Bikram Thapa of Belaka-5, into custody.
Police said further investigation into the incident and its cause is underway.
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