1 killed in Butwal road accident
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RUPANDEHI: A person has died in a road accident at Jit Gadhi of Butwal sub-metropolitan city-13 on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Manoj Thapa of Dhurkot rural municipality, Gulmi, said Nawaratna Paudel, Spokesperson at the District Police Office, Rupandehi.
The incident occurred when a scooter (Lu 83 Pa 4144) heading towards Butwal and a motorbike ( Lu 74 Pa 6016) coming from the opposite direction collided with each other at around 1 pm this afternoon.
Thapa, who was the rider of the scooter, was hit by a bus (Na 1 ka 4146) coming to Butwal after the collison, police said.
Police have taken the driver of the bus and the bus, motorbike and its rider under custody for further investigation.