BAITADI: One person was killed and six others injured when a jeep plunged off the road in Baitadi district on Wednesday evening.
The accident occurred at Soudani Khola in Melauli Municipality-1 along the Patan-Pancheshwor road section. The jeep was travelling from Dadeldhura district headquarters to Pancheshwor Rural Municipality in Baitadi when it lost control and fell off the road.
According to District Police Office spokesperson Suraj Singh, the deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Suna Mangola of Pancheshwor Rural Municipality-2, Baitadi. Mangola, who was critically injured in the accident, died while undergoing treatment at the Primary Health Centre in Melauli.
Six others, including the jeep driver, sustained injuries in the accident. The injured are receiving treatment at the Primary Health Centre in Melauli, according to the District Police Office.
Police said the jeep went out of control and plunged off the road. Further investigation into the incident is underway.
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