Two men died on Wednesday morning in Siraha Municipality-11, Madhesh Province, after a truck belonging to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Madhesh Province Provincial Office in Janakpur collided with a motorcycle on the Chauharwa-Siraha road section. The truck driver fled the scene following the accident.
The truck (Na 1 Ga 553), which was traveling from Chauharwa towards Siraha, collided with a motorcycle (Sa 9 Pa 7650) coming from Siraha towards Chauharwa. The two men on the motorcycle sustained serious injuries.
They were rushed to the Provincial Hospital Siraha for treatment, where doctors declared them dead at 10:25 AM. Their identities and addresses have not yet been released by authorities.
Police are actively searching for the absconding truck driver. Both vehicles involved in the accident are in the process of being brought to the police station for further investigation. The exact cause of the collision remains unknown.
Background
- In the fiscal year 2082/83, Lumbini Province recorded 4,797 vehicle accidents, resulting in 585 deaths.
- On average, six people die daily in road accidents across Nepal.
- Over the past 15 and a half years (from fiscal year 2065/066 to November 2080/081), 316,212 vehicles have been involved in road accidents nationwide, leading to 32,861 deaths and 71,799 serious injuries.
- In the last five years, 12,612 people have died in road accidents.
