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Kathmandu Saturday May 19, 2001 Jestha 06, 2058.
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12 killed
as truck falls into Trishuli
By Krishna Bhandari
CHITWAN, May 18 - Twelve
people died in the snow-fed Trishuli River after a Kathmandu-bound truck carrying marriage
party plunged about 40 metres down into the river from the busy Narayangadh-Mugling
Highway, about two km south of Mugling, this morning, according to Bharatpur-based
District Traffic Police.
The police said the truck (Na
2 Kha 739) plunged into the river after hitting a parapet on its own side at Tuhin Khola.
The deceased identified so
far are the truck driver Raj Kumar Thapa, helper Ramchandra Subedi, Sarala Poudel, Kavita
Poudel, Rita Poudel, Sahara Dhakal and Mithila Subedi, all from Hetauda Municipality-9.
Likewise, others confirmed
drowned are Jagannath Adhikari from Prem Basti of Bharatpur Municipality-7 and Sunita
Adhikari along with her two daughters - Swikriti and Smriti - from Simaltandi of Chitwan
district.
One of the passengers Nawaraj
Poudel from Hetauda Municipality-9, however, managed to survive the fatal accident by
jumping off the falling truck.
Poudel told the police that
all the passengers were heading towards Naubise, Dhading to participate in a wedding
ceremony of their relative.
The police and the locals had
been searching for the missing people in the swollen river throughout the day.
Relatives of the drowned
passengers blocked the busy highway at about five p.m., accusing the local administration
of delaying the search for the victims. Thousands of long distance buses and other
transport vehicles on both the sides remained stranded along the highway due to the
blockade.
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