Pickup van collides with passenger bus; two injured

KATHMANDU: A pickup van (Province 1–02–002Cha 6392) was involved in an accident this afternoon in Khanar, Itahari-12, along the Koshi Highway.

The van, which was carrying goods toward Biratnagar, collided head-on with a passenger bus (Province 1–01–001 Kha 3924) en route from Biratnagar to Itahari.

According to police reports, the pickup driver, Chakrabahadur Katwal of Jorpati, Dhankuta, and a bus passenger, Nazir Husen from Sundarharaicha, sustained minor injuries in the incident.