Two killed after they were crushed under a fallen tree

Two people were killed after they were crushed under a tree falling in Dailekh on Friday morning.

According to the superintendent deputy of the police, Sunil Dahal, from the District Police Office, Dailekh, Tarka Bahadur Shahi, 49, and Indra Bahadur Shahi, aged 27, died while cutting a tree in the Siyala Community Forest in Dandagaun, in section 5 of Bhairabi.

They left to collect firewood for the annual death rituals of a relative when the incident took place. They died on their way home, while they were taken for treatment.