KESHAV ADHIKARI

DHADING: An elderly died when a passenger bus crushed him while he was about to board the vehicle on Wednesday morning.

The bus (Na 2 Kha 1290) on the way to the district headquarters Dhadingbeshi from SunaulaBazaar crushed Rohini Prasad Pokharel (82) to death while he was just about to board the vehicle.

Pokharel of SunaulaBazaar-7 was pushed under the rear tyre of the bus in the incident at around 11:30 am today.

It has been learnt that he was on his way to receive monthly senior citizens allowance.

The seriously injured elderly was rushed to the District Hospital, but the doctors declared him dead immediately.

Elderly from SunaulaBazaar, Sangkosh, MuraliBhanjyang and Nilakantha VDCs have to collect the allowance from the Agricultural Development Bank, Dhadingbeshi.

District Police Office said it confiscated the vehicle and arrested its driver for investigation./ THT