Sarlahi. Eight persons were injured when a truck driven by drunk hit two passenger buses at Chandrapur Municipality-4 in Rautahat district on Sunday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the police, the truck (M. P.02-001 Ka 0867) en route to Garuda from Janakpur hit the bus (Ba.03-001 Kha 5284) and Ba. P.03-001 Kha 3660 en route to Dharan from Kathmandu.<\/p>\n
The bus (Ba 03-001 Kha 3660) overturned on the road after the accident. <\/p>\n
The injured have been identified as truck helper Lal Bahadur Tamang, 60, of Dhanushadham municipality-9, bus driver Bikash Poudel, 43, of Hetauda sub-metropolis of Makwanpur and Pradeep Khadka, 45, of Sunsari.<\/p>\n
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Similarly, the injured have been identified as Nirmala Devi Gupta, 57, of Inaruwa municipality-2, Ritu Barna Karki, 46, of Sundarharaincha-5, Haraita, Meghraj Karki, 44, of the same locality, Safal Magar, 32, of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, Sunsari and Dilmaya Karki, 54, of Sundarharaincha-5, Haraita of Morang.<\/p>\n
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According to police, most of the injured are undergoing treatment at Nobel Hospital in Biratnagar.<\/p>\n
Safal Magar, who was taken to Simanta Highway Hospital in Chapur for initial treatment, left the hospital on his own, police said. <\/p>\n
Police have arrested the truck driver Lal Bahadur Magar, 35, of Bardibas Municipality of Mahottari district for driving under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n
Further investigation into the case is underway, police said. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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