KATHMANDU, AUGUST 11
The death toll in the Sunsari road collision has risen to four, with the identities of three victims confirmed.
The identified deceased are 35-year-old Shankar Mandal from Mahadewa Rural Municipality, Saptari; 70-year-old Laxman Sada from Koshi Rural Municipality-6; and 40-year-old Ashok Yadav from Biratnagar-10, Morang.
The identity of a woman, aged approximately 45-50, remains unknown.
According to police, the accident took place this morning in Bhokraha Narsingha Rural Municipality-3, Sunsari, when a passenger bus (Me 1 Kha 1799) traveling from Kakadbhitta, Jhapa to Diktel collided head-on with a microbus (Province 2-01-001 Ja 0047) coming from the opposite direction.
Fifteen injured passengers are currently receiving treatment at Global Cardio and Neuro Hospital in Bhokraha and Golden Hospital in Biratnagar.
Bus driver Gopal Adhikari from Arjundhara Municipality-1, Jhapa, has been taken into police custody for further investigation.
