JCB knocks down three; five injured

Bhimduttanagar–Three persons travelling through auto rickshaw died on the spot at Bhimdutta municipality-8, Bangaun of Kanchanpur this morning.

The accident took place when the JCB knocked the auto rickshaw. One woman and two men lost their lives when the JCB (Se 1 Ta 733) en route to western direction hit the auto rickshaw (Me 1 Ha 763, according to the District Police Office, Kanchanpur. Likewise, five other people who were travelling in the auto also sustained injuries.

The injured are undergoing treatment at Bhimduttanagar-based Mahakali Zonal Hospital. Gyan Bahadur Bista, Deputy Superintendant of Police (DSP) and spokesperson of District Police Office Kanchanpur, informed that the dead bodies are being collected in a place, but identities of the deceased have yet to be ascertained. He further informed that one among the injured is critical.

The injured are Jagadish Parki, 18, of Bhimdutta municipality-10, Laxmi Bohora, 32, of Baitadi Dehimadau, her three-year-old son Nishant Bohora, Prem Thapa, 26, of Bhimdutta municipality-11 and Santosh Luhar, 26, of Beldandi rural municipality. JCB driver went at large after the accident, police said.

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