Two missing in Trishuli tanker plunge

Two people have gone missing after a Kathmandu-bound tanker carrying milk veered off the road and fell some 65 meters down into the Trishuli River at Jyamireghat, Jogimara-9 along the Privthvi Highway here in the district, on Thursday night.

The missing people are the driver Chhatra Bahadur Thapa of Sarlahi, but currently residing in Butwal, and a passenger, whose identity is not known yet, said Bal Krishna Bhatta, a police sub inspector at the Majimtar police station.

Police said Thapa’s assistant Prakash Poudel was rescued alive. He has been taken to Kathmandu for treatment. The search for the missing is underway. Police believes the tanker (Ga 1 Gha 544) coming from Butwal met with the mishap due to a slippery road.

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