Two dead, 22 injured when van overturns

Chaitra 26, 2081

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Two dead, 22 injured when van overturns

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Two people, including a girl, died and 22 others were injured when a van met with an accident in Bharwalia village of Lumbini Cultural Municipality-7 in Rupandehi.

Asmita Yadav, 12 years old from Gaandhawa rural municipality-1 Shivpurwa and Janmati Yadav, 48 years old from Manamteria, Suddhodhan rural municipality-6 died when the van number LU1CH 2763 overturned on Monday evening at Shivgadhia turn located in Lumbini Cultural Municipality-7, according to District Police Office Rupandehi.

Three of the injured are being treated at Life Care Hospital in Lumbini and 19 are being treated at Universal College of Medical Sciences Ranigaon in Bhairawa, according to the area police office Lumbini. 

According to Sandeep Gupta, an eyewitness to the incident, the van, which was moving at a high speed, turned uncontrollably after reaching a turn. He informed that the accident took place when 24 passengers in the van were returning home from the Mayadevi temple in Lumbini after shaving.

After the accident, the police arrested 26-year-old Ashok Pasi, a driver living in Bithuwa, Suddhodhan rural municipality-4, Kapilvastu district and started the necessary investigation, said Suraj Karki, spokesperson of District Police Office Rupandehi and Deputy Superintendent of Police. In the pickup van used to carry goods  He mentioned that the accident happened when there were more passengers than the capacity. 

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