Three dead as tipper hits shelter home in Sankhu

KATHMANDU: At least three people died in a road accident that occurred at Sankhu in the Capital early this morning.

A speeding tipper (Ba 2 Ka 6580) hit a shelter home run by the Conflict Victims and Disable Society Organization at around 3:40 at Salambutar in Shankharapur Municipality-6, Kathmandu.

The Spokesperson of District Police Range and Superintendent of Police (SP), Apil Raj Bohara, said that 10 people were sleeping in the room when the accident happened and three of them died.

It is said that 61 individuals were residing in the shelter home of the organization run by Yubraj Thapa.

Akash (21) Suman (21) and Harizan (45) died while receiving treatment at Nepal Medical College, Jorpati.

Police have held the truck driver, 25-year-old Sagar Majhi of Sindhupalchowk, after the accident.

Details of the accident are awaited.