SIRAHA, MAY 23

A teenager fell off a vehicle and died in the course of an election victory rally in Siraha today. Seventeen-year-old Rijhan Sadaya died when he fell from a tractor used during the victory rally of a candidate in Gol Bazaar Municipality.

CPN-UML ward Chair Sanjiv Lama was elected ward 6 chairperson in Gol Bazaar Municipality. The accident happened in the course of his victory rally.

Locals said the incident took place due to overspeeding.

As the tractor owner and driver Ram Kisun Sah, a participant in the celebration, was drunk and driving the vehicle at high speed, the youth who was chanting slogans fell off the tractor and was mowed own by the rear wheel of the tractor, they said.

Seriously injured, Sadaya, was rushed to the nearest health facility immediately but was declared dead at Lifelong Health Care Pvt Ltd. Tractor owner and driver Sah is said to be at large. Police have said search for the absconding driver is under way.

Meanwhile, the deceased's body has been kept at the hospital after his kin demanded that police first find the tractor and its owner.

A version of this article appears in the print on May 24, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.