INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Rukum West, a district in Karnali province
and Jhapa, a district in Koshi province.
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Two persons died and 22 others were injured when a jeep skidded off the road and
met with an accident at Gairijiula of Chaurjahari-8, Rukum West today morning
The deceased have been identified as Masta Bahadur Oli, 45, of Chaurjahari Municipality-13 and seven-year-old Pratik Buda of Sanibheri Rural
Municipality-2.Of the injured including the driver of the ill-fated jeep, five are said to be in serious condition and preparations were
underway to airlift them to Kathmandu in coordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs, said Pushpa Badi, mayor of Chaurjahari Municipality
The injured are receiving treatment at the Mission Hospital in Chaurjahari, he said
Overload is blamed for the accident, police estimated.
The jeep (Lu 1 Ja 2297) heading to Khalanga from Chaurjahari
Municipality skidded off the road and plunged into the Bheri river along the Gairijiula road of the Mid-Hill Highway
Investigations were underway, said Inspector Bishnu Prasad Shrestha.Similarly, the death toll in a road accident at Kolbung of Rong Rural
Municipality in Ilam, a district in Koshi province in the eastern part of the country, has hit three.The latest victims have been identified
as Manwati Lama, 35, of Dhanushadham Municipality-9 and Shanta Maya Tamang, 60, of the same village
They died at the Bamp;C Hospital in Birtamod, Jhapa, said Khagendra Rijal, spokesperson for the district police office, Jhapa.Earlier, one
Arpan Lama, 12, of the municipality-9 died in the accident
On Sunday, a bus (Na 6 Kha 8424) skidded off the road and fell around 300 metres, killing three and injuring at least 33 others including
The injured were receiving treatment at the Bamp;C Hospital, said the police
Two of the injured are reported to be in serious condition.
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