BAITADI: Three people died and three others injured in a jeep accident at Dashrathchand municipality-11 in Baitadi on Sunday, police said.

The jeep bearing registration number Ga 1 Ja 4921 en route to Nagarjun from Dehimandau fell some 150 meters down from the road at Nanigadh today.

According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Hira Ballav Bhatta of Barakot, Dashrathchand municipality-10 and Naruli Bhatta of the same locality.

The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.