BARDIYA, Aug 12: A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident at Bholagaudi along the Postal Highway in Bardiya’s Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-3 on Wednesday.
According to the District Police Office (DPO), Bardiya, police, the accident occurred when a car bearing Indian registration number BR 02CB 2528, heading toward Nepalgunj from Thakurdwara, hit a motorcycle (Bhe 14 Pa 8989) traveling in the same direction.
Motorcyclist killed in road accident
The motorcycle rider, 55-year-old Ganesh Prasad Pandey of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-2, sustained serious injuries to his head and abdomen in the accident.
Pandey was rushed to Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj, Banke, for treatment. However, doctors declared him dead on Wednesday morning.
Police have taken the car driver, 29-year-old Raghav Dhakal of Barbardiya Municipality-3, into custody along with the vehicle.
Superintendent of Police Resham Bohara of the DPO said further investigation into the accident is underway.
