March 23, Jhapa – A 50-year-old motorcyclist, Shukdev Ganesh, has died after being hit by a City Safari vehicle in Kachankawal Rural Municipality-4.
According to Khagendra Bahadur Khadka, spokesperson for the District Police Office, on Monday night, a motorcycle bearing the number BR-11C-3071, traveling from Baniyani towards Lodhobari, collided head-on with a City Safari vehicle numbered PR-1-01-002B 6411 coming from the opposite direction. The motorcyclist, Ganesh, sustained serious injuries in the accident.
He was taken to Om Sai Pathibhara Hospital in Bhadrapur for treatment, where doctors declared him dead upon arrival, police confirmed.
Police have arrested the City Safari driver, 19-year-old Saijan Miya, who is a local resident, and are conducting further investigations into the incident.
