BARA: A tiger died after a car hit the animal in Jitpur Simara Sub-metropolitan City-1 of Bara district today morning.

The adult female tiger died on the spot as the car hit her, police informed.

Meanwhile, the car remains at the site while Parsa National Park has taken the driver into custody for further investigation into the incident.

No human casualties have been reported in the incident, spokesperson at Bara District Police Office (DPO), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Gautam Mishra said and added that traffic has not been disrupted along the highway.