Two people dead in tractor accident in Sankhuwasabha

KATHMANDU: Two people died in a tractor accident that occurred at Samatar of Makalu Rural Municipality-3 along the Khandbari-Kimathanka route in Sankhuwasabha.

The deceased have been identified as tractor driver Kiran Shreshtha, 19, of Khandbari Municipality-8, and his assistant Udit Shrestha, 17 of the same locality, according to District Police Office, Khandbari’s police inspector Ram Kumar Lamichhane.

The vehicle (State 1-02003 Ta 1437) fell some 300 meters off the road passing through a cliff to plunge into the Arun River as it was en route to Khandbari from Barun.

Police are searching for a truck that has been missing since the accident, it is said.