KATHMANDU: Five people have died in separate road accidents across the country in the past 24 hours, while 313 others have been injured in crashes reported in Kathmandu, Sunsari, Makawanpur, Morang and Tanahun districts, according to Nepal Police Headquarters.
In Kathmandu, a 45-year-old Indian national, Paramananda Baitha, died after being hit by a motorcycle near Ambe Complex in Teku. The motorcycle, bearing registration number Ba Pra 02-063 Pa 9096, was travelling from Tripureshwar towards Kalimati when the accident occurred.
Baitha, who sustained injuries in the crash, was taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, where he died during treatment, police said.
In Sunsari, a 62-year-old motorcycle rider, Chhatra Bahadur Bhandari of Itahari-8, died after a bus collided with his motorcycle at Halgada in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-4. The bus bore registration number Pra 1-02-001 Kha 9985, while the motorcycle was registered as Ko 27 Pa 2036.
In Makawanpur, a 45-year-old man, Santa Bahadur Majhi, died after an auto-rickshaw suffered brake failure and crashed at Shripur in Bakaiya Rural Municipality-5. The vehicle bore registration number Ba Pra 08-001 Ha 0105.
Similarly, in Morang, a 70-year-old man, Bal Bahadur BK, died after being hit by a motorcycle on an inner road at Dillachok in Ward 5 of Letang Municipality. The motorcycle was registered as Pra 1-01-245 Pa 6380.
In Tanahun, a man believed to be around 40 years old died after being struck by a vehicle at Amreni in Byas Municipality-1. The vehicle, bearing registration number Ba 18 Cha 4587, was travelling from Dumre towards Damauli along the Prithvi Highway when the accident occurred.
Police said the identity and address of the deceased in the Tanahun accident have yet to be established.