Nepal, March 15 -- A motorcyclist died after being hit by a bus along the East West highway in Sarlahi district on Saturday night, police said.

The accident occurred at Bagwani in Nawalpur, Ward 1 of Lalbandi Municipality, when a bus heading from Biratnagar to Kathmandu (Lu.P.03-001 Kha 0430) rammed into a motorcycle (Pr.2-03-015 Pa 3396) traveling in the same direction from behind.

The motorcyclist, identified as 35-year-old Sunil Mahato, a resident of Chapkaiya in Birgunj Metropolitan City-1, Parsa, who had been living in Nawalpur, Lalbandi-1, sustained critical injuries in the crash, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Saroj Rai, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Sarlahi.

Mahato was rushed to the Provincial...