Nine injured in Nuwakot minitruck accident

KATHMANDU: At least nine persons were injured when a minitruck they were travelling on met with an accident at Deurali VDC-4 of Nuwakot district on Sunday.

The injured are receiving treatment at the District Hospital, the Nuwakot District Police Office informed. They would be discharged today, police added.

The injured were returning home after attending a Holi programme in Semjong of Dhading when the truck (Ba 4 Kha 4057) lost control while trying to make a turn and met with the accident at around 7 pm yesterday.

Other three are receiving treatment at the Deurali Primary Health Centre, police added.

(With inputs from Rastriya Samachar Samiti)