KATHMANDU: A man lost his life after a motorcycle that he was riding on slammed into a parked truck on the roadside of East-West Highway at Gaindakot of Nawalparasi on Monday midnight.

According to police, the deceased is identified as Suresh Bahadur Khatri (44) of Pyuthan, currently residing at Bharatpur of Chitwan.

Critically injured in the midnight accident, Khatri was rushed to a hospital in Bharatpur, where he succumbed to wounds at 3:30 am, police said.

Police have impounded the truck and bike and taken truck driver in custody for investigation.

In a separate incident in Bharatpur, two persons, a biker and a pillion rider, were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a passenger bus on Monday midnight.

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