BHOJPUR: A woman died on the spot after being hit by a tractor on a bridge in Koshi Haraicha-4 in Morang district this morning.

The tractor had hit a handcart that Sugawati Chaudhary and her husband Bidesi Chaudhary were pushing.

While the woman in her mid-fifties died on the spot, her husband sustained minor injuries in the accident.

Belbari Area Police Office said police have impounded the tractor and are searching for the absconding tractor driver.