GULMI: Two people died when a bus hit the motorcycle they were travelling on this morning in Malika Rural Municipality, Gulmi. Four others were injured in the accident.

The bus (Lu Pra 01–00 Kha 0355) belonging to the Siddha English Boarding School, carrying students from Ramche for a picnic, had collided with the motorcycle (Lu9Pa 8150), coming from the opposite direction near Purkot under Madane Rural Municipality.

According to Ganga Bahadur Saru, the information officer of the District Police Office, the motorcycle involved in the collision was carrying 36-year-old Basanta Aryal and his elder brother’s wife, 56-year-old Mankala Aryal, from Mauwa, Malika Rural Municipality-6.

They were brought to Gulmi Hospital, Tamghas, for treatment, where the doctor declared them dead.

Similarly, six-year-old Anubhav Giri, the grandson of the deceased Mankala, and Lilawati Aryal, a 41-year-old teacher at Jamarpokhara Secondary School from Ramche, Ward No. 6 of the rural municipality, were injured in the accident.

Among the injured, Giri has been referred to Palpa for further treatment, while teacher Aryal is being treated at Gulmi hospital, according to the police.