According to police, the accident took place when the jeep (Ga 1 Ja 4659) en route to Walling from Kuwakot went out of control due to overload and fell 100 meters down the road. [break]
The deceased have been identified as Tulsiram Upadhyaya (55) of Kuwakot-3, Udaya Bahadur Sinjali (38) of Kuwakot-5, Laxmi Thapa (15) of Kuwakot-1 and 60-year old mother of Shovakanta Neupane of Kuwakot-3, Rita Dhungana of Kaberebhanjyang-4, jeep helper Binod Gurung of Kaberbhjyang-8, driver Nirmal Gurung and Phulmaya Shrestha (40) of Kuwakot-1, according to police.
Among the injured, four critically injured are being treated at Western Zone Regional Hospital, Pokhara. Other injured were returned home after treatment at Primary Health Center, Waling.
Five killed in jeep accident in Syangja