MUGU: Three people were killed and two others injured when a jeep met with an accident in Mugu today.
The jeep (Ba 17 Cha 1864), which was travelling from Kathmandu to Rara in Mugu, plunged approximately 600 metres down a cliff at Jimakara, Topla, in Chhayanath Rara Municipality-7.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Rabiraj Thapaliya of the District Police Office, Mugu, three of the five people travelling in the jeep died in the accident. The deceased have been identified as Bijay Basnet, 50, Ramesh Pidari, 54, and Purna Kumar Thapa, 50, all residents of Kalanki, Kathmandu.
The jeep driver, Kanchan Thapa, 58, of Lalitpur, and Anju Thapa, 54, also of Lalitpur, sustained injuries in the accident. Both are undergoing treatment at the district hospital, DSP Thapaliya said.
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