KATHMANDU: Two individuals lost their lives in a road accident that occurred last evening on the Postal Highway at Haldibari Rural Municipality-5 in Jhapa district. According to Sub-Inspector of Nepal Police Purna Prasad Gautam, a pick-up van collided with a motorcycle, resulting in the deaths of both the motorcyclist and the pillion rider.

Sub-Inspector Gautam reported that the victims were identified as 31-year-old Prem Prasain from Haldibari Rural Municipality-5 and pillion rider Dikes Karki from Barahakshetra Municipality-10. Both were critically injured in the crash and were declared dead upon arrival at B and C Hospital in Birtamod, Jhapa.