CHITWAN: Two persons died and two others sustained injuries when a truck skidded off the road and plunged 50 metres down into the Trishuli River at Chumkhola along the Prithvi Highway in Chitwan district, on Tuesday morning.

The victims are yet to be identified.

According to the Chitwan District Police Office, the truck (Na 3 Kha 9906) was heading towards Narayangadh from Kathmandu when it met with the accident at around 3:45 am today.

Meanwhile, the injured have been sent to the Bharatpur-based College of Medical Sciences for treatment.