WALING: A woman died after the scooter she was riding veered off the road in Thanti, Biruwa Rural Municipality-3, Syangja district.
According to Ramesh Dutta Awasthi, information officer at the District Police Office, Syangja, Rewati Gurung, 39, a resident of the same rural municipality, died on the spot in the accident that occurred at around 2:30 p.m. along the Rangkhola-Biruwa road section.
Awasthi said the scooter, bearing registration number Ga 26 Pa 1350, went out of control and plunged approximately 50 metres off the road.
Gurung’s 16-year-old daughter, Gunjan Gurung, who was riding as a pillion passenger, escaped unharmed. A team from the District Police Office and traffic police reached the accident site shortly after the incident. Traffic along the road was subsequently restored, Awasthi said.
Police have launched a further investigation into the incident.