Trishuli car accident: Identity of deceased confirmed

Kathmandu: Police have ascertained the identity of five persons, who died in a car accident this morning, in the Simaldhara area of Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-5 along the Prithvi Highway.

A person traveling by the car is missing, police said. The accident occurred at 7:15 this morning after the taxi (Ba 2 Ja 4196) heading to Gorkha district from Kathmandu fell some 80 meters off the road in Trishuli river.

According to police, the deceased ones are Arjun Sirmal (35 years old), Harimaya Rokaya (41), Jun Kiri Rokaya(71), Anjan Rokaya (28), and Agaman Nagarkoti (9) from Gorkha Municipality-7, Gorkha. Dibas Rokaya (18) is missing in the river.

Chief of Chitwan District Police Office Bhabesh Rimal said that they were returning home after performing the last rites of their family member.

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