GAIGHAT: Two persons died and two others sustained injuries in a container truck accident in Katari Municipality-8 of Udayapur district, on Wednesday night.

Police identified the deceased as Min Bahadur Ranamagar of Katari-8, Rakesh Yadav of Gol Bazar Municipality in Siraha district. Likewise, the injured have been identified as truck driver Yogendra Dahal of Jhapa and Vijay Bhujel of Barahakshetra Municipality in Sunsari district.

The truck (Na 5 Kha 9424) heading towards Katari from Okhaldhunga skidded off the Katari-Betini road section along the Siddhicharan Highway and fell about 500 metres below the road, killing two persons aboard and injuring two others, at Sanadamar in Sirise, at around 8:00 pm yesterday, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhim Bahadur Dahal at Udayapur District Police Office (DPO). He informed that Ranamagar and Yadav died on the spot.

The injured were rushed to Nobel Hospital in Biratnagar Metropolitan City of Sunsari, police informed.

Senior doctor at the hospital, Ram Kumar Gajmer said the injured patients were in critical condition due to head injuries.

Police presumed that the incident may have occurred owing to the speeding truck along the hilly road.