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Four killed by falling rock on Siddhartha Highway

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BUTWAL, Dec 26: Four persons have died near Siddhababa in the Butwal-Palpa section of the Siddhartha Highway Saturday morning after being struck by a rock rolling down from the hills above.



Jagadish Basyal and his wife Sunita heading for Palpa from Butwal on a motorcycle and 20-year-old Kamal Uchai -- a 11th grader at New Horizon College -- of Kotihawa, Rupandehi traveling on another motorcycle (Lu 6 Pa) 810 died in the accident.







Area Police Office, Butwal said the identity of a man -- the fourth victim in the accident that occurred at around 9:15 in the morning -- has yet to be ascertained. The section of the highway is regarded as accident prone due to rocks falling from Siddhababa hill.



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