30-yr doctor and father dead in road mishap

KATHMANDU: Two persons including a doctor died after a truck and motorcycle were involved in a head-on collision at Khanikhola of Dhunibensi in Dhading district on Thursday.

The accident occurred after Kathmandu bound motorcycle (Pra 3 02009 Pa 8230) and the truck (Na 1 Kha 6547) from opposite direction collided head on killing Balaram Adhikari, 60, and his 30-year-old son Dr Suresh Adhikari of Nilkantha Municipality-5.

The motorcycle caught fire after the incident and the two had sustained injuries.

Superintendent of Police Mahendra Khadka of District Police Office Dhading said that the two died on the way to their hospital.