BHOJPUR: At least three persons were injured in separate road accidents in Morang district on Thursday.

Ritu Raj Acharya of Urlabari, Morang was critically injured after a tractor hit the motorcycle he was riding at Itahara of the district.

He has been receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences, Dharan. Police have taken the tractor under control while the driver fled from the scene.

Police said they have been searching for the absconding driver.

Similarly, Chhabilala Rajbanshi of Gobinadapur VDC and Sunil Maske of Amardaha, Morang were injured after a loaded tractor with boulders met with an accident at Tandi VDC in Morang on Thursday.

Police said that the injured have been taken to Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital for the treatment.