Woman killed by speeding truck, agitated onlookers resort to arson

Woman killed by speeding truck, agitated onlookers resort to arson

Bhaktapur, Aug 15: A woman died on the spot when a speeding truck (Na. 6 Ka. 2173) hit a scooter (Ba. 39 Pa. 8944) at Gathhaghar in Bhaktapur this afternoon.

  According to eyewitnesses, the scooter driver was killed on the spot when a truck heading towards Gathaghar from Kaushaltar hit the scooter and its rider that were stopped for checking by traffic police.

Eyewitnesses also said that the speeding truck dragged the scooter and its rider for around 100 meters. As a result, the body of the woman was mutilated and hence identity not known yet, police said.

  Following the reckless accident, the agitated crowd vandalized the truck and resort to stone pelting and arson after police intervened to bring the situation under control. Subsequent, the traffic on the Bhaktapur-Koteswar road section and Sanothimi-Jadibuti-Pepsicola road section came to a halt due to the agitation.

Traffic resumed after additional police force took the situation under control after dispersing the crowd gathering in and around the accident site.