DAMAK (Jhapa), Nov 16: A man was killed and another was injured when a motorcycle hit a buffalo near Shahid Gate at Kamal Rural Municipality-3 in Jhapa district on Wednesday.
The rider was killed while another man was injured in the accident. Overspeeding is to blame for the accident. The deceased has been identified as Madan Bahadur Layamagar, 31, the motorcycle rider, of Sundarharaicha Municipality-4 in Morang district.
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The injured, one Abhishekh Chaudhary, 30, of Itahari-4 in Sunsari, is receiving treatment at the B&C hospital in Birtamod, Jhapa, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Khagendra Rijal. The accident took place when the motorcycle (Ko 21 Pa 77) hit a buffalo straying from a nearby forest.
