Dang, October 7, 2026 — A two-year-old boy died after being hit by a school bus at Gairapatu in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City-7 on Wednesday morning.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 10 a.m. on the road near the suspension bridge at Gairapatu when a Target Academy school bus, registration number Lu Pra 02-001 Ka 0004, hit a pedestrian.
The boy, Ayan Nepali, son of Pappu Nepali, was injured in the incident. He was originally from Khalanga in Sharada Municipality-2, Salyan, and had been living with his family in a rented room in Ranijaruwa, Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City-5.
Ayan died while undergoing treatment at Rapti Provincial Hospital in Tulsipur.
Police have taken the bus and its driver into custody and are conducting further investigation into the accident.
