The accident occurred on Saturday evening on the Kantilokpath road section in Baguwa, Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-8, Makawanpur.
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The driver of a trailer vehicle fell off a bridge over the Bagmati River on the border of Makawanpur and Lalitpur, while the co-driver was rescued safely.
The accident occurred on Saturday evening on the Kantilokpath road section in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-8, Baguwa, Makawanpur. According to the District Police Office, Makawanpur, the trailer vehicle (Na 6 Kha 4042) heading from Hetauda to Baguwa lost control and fell off the bridge into the river. The police initially suspect that the accident occurred when the wire tied to the trailer carrying steel pipes of Bagmati Hydropower suddenly snapped.
After the accident, the driver of the trailer, Dal Bahadur Bartaula, aged 30, of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-3, went missing in the river. His search has been intensified. The co-driver of the vehicle, Prashan Praja, aged 17, of Raksirang Rural Municipality-9, has been found safe.
Immediately after the incident, a 5-member team including traffic police from the Area Police Office, Thingan, led by Deputy Inspector of Police Pramod Sah Teli, reached the spot. Similarly, a 7-member team from the Nepal Army's Fast Track Security Base under the command of Jamdar Madhav Prasad Ghimire has also been deployed for rescue and search for the missing driver.
