KAPILVASTU, Oct 17: One person was killed and another injured when two motorcycles collided with a truck along the East-West Highway at Bankasbas in Shivraj Municipality-1, Kapilvastu, on Saturday morning.
According to Rajan Dhakal, a police inspector at the District Traffic Police Office, the motorcycles collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. The identity of the deceased motorcycle rider has yet to be established.
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Dilip Kumar Yadav, 23, of Bachhaiya in Gadhawa Rural Municipality-2, Dang, who was riding the other motorcycle, was injured in the accident. Anil Yogi, 21, who was riding pillion on the same motorcycle, escaped unharmed.
Police have taken all three vehicles into custody and are searching for the truck driver, who fled the scene after the accident.