12 injured as truck and EV collide in Sarlahi
SARLAHI:- Twelve people were injured on Saturday when a truck and an electric vehicle (EV) collided in the Banke forest area—located within Ward No. 12 of Ishworpur Municipality, Sarlahi—along the East-West Mahendra Highway.
The incident occurred when an electric vehicle (registered as Madhesh Province 04-001 Ja 0057), traveling from Sarlahi towards Bardibas in the east, collided with a truck (registered as Province 1-02-002 Kha 1324) coming from the opposite direction. The individuals injured were passengers in the electric vehicle.
The individuals injured in the accident include 41-year-old Kameshwar Sahani from Ward No. 6 of Mahagadhimai Municipality, Bara; 48-year-old Rajendra Ram from Ward No. 9 of the same municipality; 37-year-old Ranjit Ram, 45-year-old Bhavan Ram, 40-year-old Ramdev Ram, 40-year-old Binod Ram, and 47-year-old Rudal Ram—all residents of Ward No. 4, Suwarna Rural Municipality, Bara—as well as 63-year-old Harihar Ram from Ward No. 7, Suwarna Rural Municipality.
Similarly, the police reported that 37-year-old Nandan Ram and 37-year-old Umesh Ram—both residents of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City-26 in Bara—as well as 55-year-old Ramsandes Ram (from Pacharauta Municipality-7, Bara) and 40-year-old Nawalkishore Ram (from Simraungadh Municipality-4, Bara) sustained injuries. Among the injured, 37-year-old Ranjit Ram, a resident of Suwarna Rural Municipality-4, is in critical condition. The police stated that he has been sent to LS Neuro Hospital in Kalaiya for further treatment.
Inspector Kishor KC, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Sarlahi, stated that the other injured individuals are undergoing treatment at Model Hospital in Lalbandi. According to him, the vehicles involved in the accident have been brought to the Phuljor Police Post. Inspector KC added that further investigation into the accident is underway.
