CHITWAN: A man and his wife lost their lives in a road accident at Gita Nagar in Western Chitwan on Friday.

According to police, the deceased have been identified as 53-year-old Suk Dev Koirala and his wife 48-year-old Ambika Koirala of Bharatpur Metropolitan-13.

A truck (Na 4 Kha 4982) en route to Gitanagar welted Koirala’s motorcycle (Na 42 Pa 423), plying in the same direction, throwing off the couple in front a minibus (Na 7 Kha 1560) - coming from the opposite direction – that crushed and killed the duo on the spot.

Following the incident, police personnel impounded both the truck and the minibus.