Sindhuli, One person has died while another was seriously injured when a passenger bus and a motorcycle collided in Gagan, Dudhauli Municipality-2 along the Madan Bhandari Highway this morning.According to Deputy Superintendent of Police of the District Police Office, Surya Prakash Sawedi, the motorcycle rider, Mahesh Kumar, 25, of Dudhauli Municipality-3, died when a bus heading towards Katari from Pokhara hit motorcycle head-on.

Pillion rider, Dipesh Kumar, 25, of Chandanpur, Kamalamai Municipality-14, who was seriously injured in the accident, is undergoing treatment at Dudhauli municipal hospital.The search for Shyam Kumar Bhattarai, the bus driver who fled after the accident, of Katari Municipality-3, Udayapur, is underway, police said.