JHAPA, APRIL 6
A tipper driver died after he received electric shock at Pashupati Chowk of Halidbari Rural Municipality, Jhapa, on Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Bikram Tamang, 48. Tamang received the electric shock after the tipper touched a live wire when boulders were being loaded into the vehicle.
Similarly, one woman was killed in a road accident along Mechi Highway in Buddhashanti Rural Municipality, Jhapa, on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Shanta Subba, 38. Subba, who was pillion riding the motorbike, was injured after a pickup van hit the bike.
Subba died while undergoing treatment at B and C Hospital. Bike rider Kabita Limbu is undergoing treatment at the same hospital. Police have seized the van and arrested its driver.
A version of this article appears in the print on April 7, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
