A couple died when a truck hit a bullock cart they were travelling on at Bajaipur in Kailari Rural Municipality-5, Kailali on Wednesday. 

DSP Yogendra Timilsina of the District Police Office, Kailali said that the deceased have been identified as 60-year-old Kalsu Chaudhary and his 70-year-old wife Setanu Chaudhary.

According to him, the Chaudhary couple, who sustained serious injuries when the truck  Na 6 Kha 778 hit the cart from behind last night, were rushed to the Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadhi, where both of them died during the course of treatment, police reported. 

DSP Timilsina shared that both oxen pulling the cart also died after being hit by the truck. 

Police said that they have impounded the truck and arrested its driver for investigation.

Further investigation into the accident is underway, police said.