BANEPA: A person died on the spot in a road accident at Janagal of Banepa municipality-10 in Kavrepalanchok district today morning.

The deceased has been identified as Bimal Kutuju (20), student of Bageshwori College at Chyamasing of Bhaktapur Municipality-9, said police. Kutuju was riding a pillion of a motorcycle.

The accident took place when a motorcycle was crushed between two vehicles — a tipper (Ba 3 Kha 7089) and a jeep (Ba 10 cha 2154), said Police Inspector Niranjan Bhattarai at Area Police Office, Banepa,.

Similarly, motorcyclist Krishna Dahal of Bhaktapur-8, student of the same college, was critically injured in the accident.

Dahal has been referred to Madhyapurthimi Hospital from Banepa-based Karuna Hospital, said police.