Nepal

A foreign national was killed and two others were injured when a pickup vehicle and a motorcycle collided at Phisling of Ichhakamana rural municipality-3 in Chitwan. 

In the accident that occurred at 10:15 am on Thursday along the Prithvi Highway, 60-year-old Michael Meyer Olbersleben from Germany died, the police confirmed. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment in the Chitwan Medical College.

The Bullet motorcycle (Na 41 Pa 548) was en route to Kathmandu from Narayangadh collided with the vehicle (Pra 03-001 Cha 1682) heading towards Muglin from Dhadhing. Both the vehicles fell 50 meters off the road.   

Deputy Superintendent Bijay Raj Pundit, spokesperson for the Chitwan Police Office, said the foreign national was riding the motorcycle when it met with the accident. A foreign woman, who was pillion riding, was injured in the accident.  

It is said 73-year-old Bir Bahadur Tamang of Galchhi Rural Municipality-5 in Dhading is among two injured in the accident. He was travelling in the pickup van.  He is also receiving treatment at the Chitwan Medical College. Police have apprehended the driver along with his assistant.

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