One dead in motorcycle accident

Dolakha, Dec 15:A youth was killed in a motorcycle accident at Baiteshwor rural municipality in Dolakha. The deceased has been identified as Jay Bahadur Khatri, 19, of Okharbote of Baiteshwor rural municipality-4.

The accident happened on Friday evening as his motorcycle ( Ba 24 Pa 8128) en route to Jiri from Chyane hit a tree and plunged some 32 feet down the road.

The body has been kept at the Jiri Hospital for post-mortem examinations, Police Inspector Madhav Prasad Kafle said.