Motorcycle Rider Dies in Dhanusha After Bus Collision; One Injured

April 25, Janakpurdham: A motorcycle rider has died following a collision with a bus in Dhanusha. The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Atul Chaudhary from Pipra Rural Municipality-7 in Mahottari district. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the East-West Highway at Ganeshman Charnath Municipality-4 in Dhanusha, when a bus bearing license plate Province 2–03–001 Kha 1011, traveling from Chitwan to eastern Gaighat, struck a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction with license plate Madhesh Province 02–010 Pa 1237.

Chaudhary was critically injured in the accident and was declared dead by doctors while being transported to the Provincial Hospital in Janakpur, according to the Dhalkeber Police Station. Also seriously injured in the crash is 23-year-old Raghani Kumari Mahto from Jaleshwar Municipality-1 in Mahottari, who was riding on the motorcycle’s back seat. She is currently receiving treatment at Neuro Hospital in Janakpur. The bus and its 37-year-old driver, Yuvraj Rai from Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City-14 in Bara, have been taken into police custody for investigation.