KATHMANDU: Two persons died when a truck hit a motorcycle near Ganesh Petrol Pump in Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-13.

The deceased have been identified as Spurs Aryal, 27, of Biratnagar metropolis-9 and Saswat Pokharel, 28, of Biratnagar metropolis-2, according to District Police Office’s information officer Chandra Bahadur Khadka.

A truck (State 1-04-001 Kha 0008) en route to Biratnagar from Itahari on the Koshi Highway was coming from the opposite direction. Q. The accident took place last night when a motorcycle (02-025 Pa 3136) was hit.

Both the motorcyclists were seriously injured in the collision with the truck. They were taken to Koshi Hospital Biratnagar for treatment where they died during treatment, police said.

Police have arrested truck driver Kashiram Chaudhary, 39, of Ramdhuni municipality-5 in Sunsari district.