3 killed in road mishaps

Hetauda, June 7:

Three persons died and one was critically injured in separate road mishaps in Makawanpur and Tanahun in the past 24 hours.

Two persons died when a truck and a motorbike collided at Manahari in Makawanpur today, the police said, identifying the dead as motorcyclist Tikaraj Adhikari, 37, of Hariwan-7 of Sarlahi and pillion-rider Bhesh Kumar Lama, 38, of Yagyabhumi of Dhanusha.

A report from Tanahun said a person died and another was critically injured when a bus and a motorbike collided at Aanbukhaireni VDC yesterday. The police identified the dead as motorcyclist Deepak Thapa, 36, of Rangbhyang VDC in Syangja.