Two dead, 18 injured as bus collides with truck in Hetauda

MAKWANPUR, November 10: Two died and 18 other sustained injuries as a passenger bus collided with a truck in Hetauda.

The ill-fated bus (Na 7 Kha 876) , heading to Janakpur from Kathmandu, collided with a truck (Province 2, 0301 Kha 5035) coming from the opposite direction at around 12:30 AM last night at the East-West Highway section of Hetauda-11.

The deceased are both male travelling in the bus. They breathed their last while undergoing treatment at Hetauda Hospital, according to the District Police Office (DPO), Makwanpur. Deceased are yet to be identified, said DSP Jayshwar Rimal of the DPO.

Likewise, 18 others sustained injuries in the accident. Of them, 15 are undergoing treatment at Chure Hill Hospital and three others in Makwanpur Co-operative Hospital.

The police have arrested the driver of the truck who has also sustained some injuries.