Two girls killed in tractor accident
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Kumar Bhatt, the incident occurred when a tractor (registration number Ja 1 Ta 9782) was ploughing a field.
KATHMANDU: Two young girls lost their lives in a tractor accident in Matihani Municipality-4, Majhaura, Mahottari, on Thursday afternoon.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Kumar Bhatt, the incident occurred when a tractor (registration number Ja 1 Ta 9782) was ploughing a field.
The victims, 7-year-old Farhana Khatun, daughter of local resident Imrain Rai, and 8-year-old Rafia Khatun, daughter of Samtula Rai from Siraha Municipality-11, fell from the tractor and were struck by the attached rotavator, resulting in their instant deaths.
The tractor driver fled the scene following the accident.
The girls’ bodies have been sent to the Provincial Hospital in Jaleshwar for postmortem.
Police have intensified the search for the fleeing driver and are conducting further investigations into the incident, the Mahottari District Police Office stated.
