Pepsicola accident: Two dead including APF personnel
Fourteen people were injured in the accident.
KATHMANDU: Two among 14 people injured in a road accident that took place at Pepsicola of Kathmandu this morning have died.
Fourteen people were injured in the accident that occurred at 7.30 this morning when a bus (Ba 3Kha 4848) en route to Pepsicola from Jadibuti collided a jeep (Ba 6 Cha 5342) coming from the opposite direction, said the Spokesperson of District Police Range, Kathmandu, Superintendent of Police Kumod Dhungel.
A scooter (Bagmati State No. 02-037Pa 5311) and a motorcycle (Bagmati State No. 02-041 pa 4838) also collided following the collision between the two vehicles.
The deceased have been identified as motorcyclist Raj Bhattarai, 21, and Armed Police Force personnel Usha Thapa, 25.
According to SP Dhungel, the injured are undergoing treatment at Motherland Hospital in Pepsicola and at Civil Hospital in New Baneshwor.
The bus driver involved in the accident, 24-year-old Janak Raut of Ramechhap, has been detained by the police.
