SALYAN: Three people have died and seven others have been injured after a jeep plunged into a river in Salyan on Friday evening.
The jeep (Lu. 1 Ja. 2368), travelling from Srinagar to Takura village, fell into a river approximately 150 metres below the road at Ratamate in Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2. The accident occurred along an unpaved inner road section.
All 10 people injured in the accident were rescued and rushed to various hospitals for treatment. However, three of them died during treatment, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Krishna Basnet, 42, Sita BK, 45, and Sawne Roka, 43, all residents of Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2, Salyan.
Some of the injured have been referred to hospitals in Dang and Nepalgunj for further treatment, according to police.
Police have taken the jeep driver, Tilak Chalaune, 38, of Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2, into custody. Further investigation into the accident is underway.
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