One dead, five injured in Sindhuli car accident

SINDHULI: A person died and five others were injured in a car accident at Golanjor Municipality-5 in Sindhuli district along the BP Highway this morning. The car was heading to Kathmandu from Jhapa.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Govinda Raj Kafle of Sindhuli District Police Office, the deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Sushant Nepali, the driver of the car, of Gaurishankar Rural Municipality in Dolakha district.

The condition of 34-year-old Devi Limbu of Letang Municipality–2 in Morang district is critical. She is currently receiving treatment at Sindhuli Hospital.

Others injured in the accident include San Bahadur Tamang (53) of Deumai Municipality–8, Ilam, Shweta Giri (28) and Sanjaya Rokka from Kageshwori Manohara Municipality–5, Kathmandu and Kiskhu Mandal (27) of Bahraghadi Rural Municipality–1 in Jhapa district, according to SP Kafle.