Rautahat tractor accident kills 2, injures 1

RAUTAHAT: Two people were killed and another was injured when a tractor met with an accident in Sakhuwa Dhamaura VDC in Rautahat district on Sunday night.

The deceased have been identified as Abdul Miya and Sheikh Jalauddin of Garuda Municipality.

The driver-helper duo were injured in the incident but were announced dead at the Gaur-based District Hospital on arrival, informed DSP Nabin Krishna Bhandari.

The tractor (Na 4 Ta 1671), en route to Birta from Chandrapur, had lost control and fallen some 20 metres off the road last night.

The injured Dipendra Ram of Garuda-11 is receiving treatment at a Garuda-based health centre, police said.

Police have assumed that a flat tyre must have caused the tractor to lose control.