Nine injured in Ramechhap jeep accident

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: At least nine persons were injured in a jeep accident that occurred in Umakunda Rural Municipality-7 of Ramechhap district on Saturday morning. The jeep fell some 50 meters off the road after it went out of control on a gravel road.

According to the District Police Office, Ramechhap, the accident occurred when the jeep heading towards Umakunda village from Tamakoshi Rural Municipality-1, Duragaun met with an accident at around 11:45 am. The condition of three of the injured in the accident is said to be critical.

The critically injured in the accident were airlifted to Kathmandu via a Nepal Army chopper for treatment. While four persons who sustained minor injuries are being treated at the District Hospital, Manthali, two others injured have returned home after receiving primary treatment.