Dang, March 16 -- A 45-year-old man was killed in a road accident in the Ghorahi-Lamahi road section of the Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City in Dang district on Friday.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police and Information Officer of the District Police Office Dang Janak Bahadur Malla, local Kali Prasad Chaudhary was critically injured after a tipper hit the cycle he was riding.

Chaudhary was rushed to the Rapti Health Science Institute Ghorahi where he succumbed to his injuries late at night, said police.

The search is underway to find the driver and the tipper involved in the accident, said Malla.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from EKantipur.com....