SOKAT: Three students were killed and four others injured in a tractor (Se 1 Ta 7839) accident at Mulikolgaira in Chaurpati rural municipality-3, Sokat on Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Ramesh Saud of Chaurpati rural municipality-2, who is also a student of Dashpalle secondary school, Laxmi Saud, a ninth grader of the school, and Kali Saud, an eighth grader, from the same location, informed school teacher Lok Bahadur Bogati.

However, driver jumped off the tractor and save him from the tragic accident. Other four injured are being treated at hospital. Detail accounts of the accident are yet to be established, said Janak Bahadur Shahi, chief of District Police Office, Achham and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).