Truck hit injures two-wheeler riders in Tanahun

DAMAULI: A truck collided with a motorcycle, leaving the motorcyclist and the pillion rider injured, on Friday afternoon.

The truck (Na 5 Kha 8764) heading to Dumre from Damauli hit the motorcycle (Ga 11 Pa 1296) near Byas 2 petrol station in Tanahun district.

The injured motorcyclist, identified as Narayan Prasad Pokharel (50) of Baraste-3 in Syangja district, has been receiving treatment at Ratnahari Hospital in Damauli, while the critically injured pillion rider Chinu Pokharel (40) of Bhanu-8 has been rushed to Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara.

Meanwhile, the truck driver who had fled the scene after the accident has been arrested from Musekhola for the investigation, informed District Police Office, Tanahun.