Kathmandu: An Indian was among five people killed in two road accidents in Nepal, a media report said today. The Indian was identified as Gauri Shanker Chaurasia, a resident of Siddharthanagar in Uttar Pradesh.
The 50-year-old was killed when a bus hit his motorcycle at Dohani on the Taulihawa-Bhairahawa road section here yesterday, The Kathmandu Post reported. Chaurasia's body was taken to a hospital for postmortem, it said.
In another accident, at least four persons were killed and three others sustained serious injuries when their jeep skidded off from a hilly road in Dailekh district in Nepal today , police said.
The injured were admitted to a local hospital for treatment, police said. The jeep, heading from district headquarters Dailekh to Mahabu Rural Municipality, fell 200 metre down from the hilly road. The cause for the accident was not known yet, police added. PTI
