KATHMANDU: A man died after the motorcycle he was riding on met with an accident along the Maitighar-Babarmahal road section of Kathmandu district on Wednesday night.
The deceased has been identified as Saratna Pandey (23) of Jorpati in the district.
According to police, the incident occurred when the motorcycle (Ba 84 Pa 7461) en route from Maitighar to Baneshwar lost its control and collided from the side with a Sajha bus (Ba 3 Kha 2228) coming from the opposite direction at 12:25 am yesterday, critically injuring the motorcyclist.
Pandey was rushed to the National Trauma Centre, Mahankal where he succumbed to his injuries at 1:30 am the same night during the course of treatment, informed police.
Meanwhile, police have impounded both vehicles and detained the driver of the bus for further investigation, said police.