DHADING: One person died on the spot and another person sustained injuries in a truck-motorbike collision at Bandremode of Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality in Dhading district, on Monday.

The District Police Office, Dhanding, identified the deceased as pillion-rider Rajeev Gurung, 29, of Sindhupalchok district.

The incident occurred when the truck (Ba 3 Kha 8319) heading to Kathmandu from Chitwan collided head-on with a motorbike (Ba 95 Pa 9771) along the Prithivi Highway this afternoon, police said.

The injured person is undergoing treatment tat the Highway Community Hospital in Malekhu, according to the police. Police rounded up the truck driver for investigation.

Meanwhile, an investigation into the case is underway, police said.