TRIBENI, Nov 9: Two people were killed and 13 others injured when a jeep fell off the road in Aathbiskot Municipality of Rukum West.
According to Police Inspector Hemant Giri, information officer at the District Police Office, Rukum West, 10-year-old Hari Bahadur Thapa and 50-year-old Laxmi Ram Thapa of Aathbiskot Municipality-5 died on the spot.
Eight killed, five injured in Rukum West jeep accident
The accident occurred when the jeep (Bhe 1 Ja 3112), heading to Nayagaudanda from Thapagaun, fell off the road.
Giri said the condition of five of the injured—19-year-old Juna Kumari Thapa, 35-year-old Bir Bahadur Thapa, 23-year-old Sita Thapa, 23-year-old Juni Thapa and eight-year-old Yubraj Thapa—is critical. They were airlifted by a Nepal Army helicopter to Karnali Provincial Hospital in Surkhet.
The other injured—25-year-old Hira Thapa, eight-year-old Gaurav Thapa, four-year-old Birata Thapa, 23-year-old Sushila Thapa Airee, 28-year-old Bhawana Thapa Airee, 20-year-old Ramita Airee, 19-year-old Nirmala Airee and 27-year-old Khim Maya Thapa—were taken to Municipal Hospital Radi, police said.
Police have arrested the jeep driver, Pradip BK. Further investigation into the accident is underway, according to the District Police Office, Rukum West.
