SURKHET: Two people were killed and three others injured when a jeep plunged about 300 metres off the road in Junichande Rural Municipality-2, Jajarkot, early Thursday morning.
According to the District Police Office, Jajarkot, the jeep (Karnali Province 02-001 Cha 1243), travelling from Surkhet to Junichande Rural Municipality, went out of control and fell off the road at around 2 am.
The deceased have been identified as the jeep driver, 20-year-old Santa Bahadur Basnet of Kalli Syala, Junichande Rural Municipality-9, and 30-year-old Bipana Bhandari, wife of Dil Bahadur Bhandari of Syala, Junichande Rural Municipality-3, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Puri of the District Police Office.
The accident also injured Dil Bahadur Bhandari, his four-year-old son Shishir Bhandari and 50-year-old Sitla Tamta of Junichande Rural Municipality.
Dil Bahadur sustained injuries to his head, neck and chest, while his son suffered injuries to his head and hand. Tamta sustained injuries to her head and back, police said.
DSP Puri said the condition of all three injured people was moderate. They were referred to the Provincial Hospital in Surkhet for further treatment.
Following reports of the accident, a three-member police team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Kiran Rana from the Junichande Police Post was dispatched to the scene at around 2:15 am. The accident site is approximately seven kilometres east-northeast of the police post. Police said further details regarding the cause of the accident are awaited.
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