SINDHULI: A Tata Sumo travelling from Kathmandu to Khotang plunged into the Sunkoshi River in Sindhuli early this morning.
According to the Ratnawati Police Station in Sindhuli, the vehicle, bearing registration number Ko 1 Ja 2976, fell into the river at around 2:30 a.m. The accident occurred at Nagathan in Fikkal Rural Municipality–6, approximately 200 metres below the Mid-Hill Highway.
Police said five people, including two men, one woman and a girl, were rescued and taken for treatment. According to the driver, three people remain missing.
The injured are receiving treatment at Janasewa Health Centre Pvt. Ltd. in Udayapur. They have been identified as Ashish Bista, 29, the driver and a resident of Okhaldhunga, Samjhana Rai, 38, a resident of Diktel Municipality–3, Khotang, and Shivani Rai, 12, Samjhana Rai’s daughter. Further details about the accident and the ongoing search for the missing passengers are awaited.
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