HETAUDA: As many as three persons were killed in two seperate accidents in Makawanpur district on Saturday night.

Two persons died on the spot after the motorcycle they were riding on met with an accident in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-11 yesterday.

The deceased have been identified as Prem Bahadur Chhettri (26) of Sunwal Municipality-8 in Nawalparasi district and Maya Chhtri (20) of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11.

According to police, the incident occurred when the water tanker (Na 3 Ta 6027) en route from Hetauda to Madi collided with the motorcycle (Na 45 Pa 3826)  near Swarsoti Pratichhalay, along the Hetauda Narayangadh road section, at 3:00 am last night.