KATHMANDU, Oct 22: Five people have died in road accidents in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, according to the Police Headquarters. A total of 313 people have been injured in road accidents in Kathmandu, Sunsari, Makawanpur, Morang and Tanahu districts, police said.
A 45-year-old Indian citizen, Paramananda Baitha, died after being hit by a motorcycle (Ba Pra 02-063 Pa 9096) travelling from Tripureshwar towards Kalimati in Kathmandu. The accident occurred near Ambe Complex in Teku. Baitha was rushed to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj but died during treatment, police said.
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In Sunsari, a bus (Pra 1-02-001 Kha 9985) hit a motorcycle (Ko 27 Pa 2036) at Halgada in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-4, killing the motorcycle rider, 62-year-old Chhatra Bahadur Bhandari of Itahari-8.
In Makawanpur, a 45-year-old man, Santa Bahadur Majhi, died after an auto-rickshaw (Ba Pra 08-001 Ha 0105) suffered brake failure and crashed at Shripur in Bakaiya Rural Municipality-5.
In Morang, a 70-year-old man, Bal Bahadur BK, died after being hit by a motorcycle (Pra 1-01-245 Pa 6380) on an inner road in Dillachok, Ward 5, of Letang Municipality.
In Tanahu, a 40-year-old man died after being hit by a vehicle (Ba 18 Cha 4587) at Amreni in Vyas Municipality-1. The vehicle was travelling from Dumre towards Damauli along the Prithvi Highway. Police said the victim's name and address had not yet been established.
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