Two missing after tanker plunges into Trishuli River

DHADING: Two persons went missing after tanker carrying milk plunged into the Trishuli river at Jogimara-9 in Dhading district along the Privthvi Highway on Thursday night.

Tanker driver Chhatra Bahadur Thapa of Sarlahi and next one have gone missing. Identity of the second one is not ascertained, police said.

The tanker (Ga 1 Gha 544) was heading for Kathmandu from Butwal. However, tanker’s helper Prakash Poudel was rescued and is undergoing treatment in the capital.