MORANG: Two persons were killed and 24 others were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a lorry bus at Tankisinwari-5 in Morang along the Koshi Highway on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as Devika Karki (56) of Chakraghatti-4 and Abhisekh Jha of Duhabi-9 in Sunsari district.

Critically injured in the incident, Karki and Jha were rushed to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, where they breathed their last during the treatment, informed the Morang District Police Office.

Rests of the injured passengers are receiving treatment from various local hospitals in Biratnagar.

The incident occurred when passenger bus (Na 2 Kha 6080) travelling from Biratnagar to Itahari collided with a lorry bus, with Indian registration number plate (MLO LD 9631), parked at the roadside in Tankisinwari, police informed.

The drivers of the bus and lorry have been taken into custody for further investigation.