Itahari: Two men riding a motorcycle were killed after a truck hit their bike on the Koshi Highway in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-13, near Ganesh Petrol Pump, late on Saturday night, Sunsari district police said.

Source: Radio Nepal

District Police Office information officer DSP Chandra Bahadur Khadka identified the deceased as Sparsh Aryal, 27, of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-9, and Saswat Pokharel, 28, of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2. Police said the crash happened at about 11:50 pm, when a truck (Province 1-04-001 Kha 0008) travelling from Itahari towards Biratnagar struck a motorcycle (Ba Pra 02-025 Pa 3136) coming from the opposite direction.

Both riders were seriously injured and were taken to Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar, where they died during treatment, police said. Their bodies have been kept at the hospital, postmortem preparations are under way, and the families have been contacted, according to local reporting.

Source: Muluki Khabar

The truck driver, Kashiram Chaudhary, 39, of Ramdhuni Municipality-5 in Sunsari, has been taken into police custody. Police have impounded both vehicles and said further investigation into the collision is continuing.