3 killed, 55 injured in road mishap

Nuwakot : Three persons were killed and 55 others got injury in a road accident at Suryagadhi rural municipality-5 of Nuwakot district on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Minu Tamang, 28, and Bhagawan Kandel, 59, of Panchakanya rural municipality-4 and Balram Tiwari, 56, of Chitwan.
According to Chief of District Police Office, Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, Tamang and Tiwari died on the spot while Kandel breathed his last during treatment at Green City Hospital, Kathmandu. The accident took place when a mini-bus (Ba 1 Kha 6356) heading towards Trishuli from Samundratar of Nuwakot fell some 100 meters off the road due to overload, said police. Of the injured, 33 are receiving treatment in Kathmandu while the remaining at District Hospital, Trishuli. Four critically injured were airlifted to Kathmandu, added police.RSS