Five die in jeep accident

DANG, Feb 20: Five persons died and 18 others were injured when an overloaded passenger jeep overturned while trying to take a turn at Beluwa of Dakhakwadi VDC-3 in Pyuthan Monday.



Durga Bahadur Dhami of Cherneta, Dakhakwadi VDC-3, Lal Prasad Shrestha of Bijuli VDC-3, and Kamal Bhandari, 17, of Dhuwang VDC-3 died on the spot while Bishnu Shrestha of Bijuli VDC-3 and Basanta Khadka of Khalanga breathed their last during treatment in Kohalpur, according to District Police Office, Pyuthan.[break]



The jeep (Lu 1 Ja 1668) was going to Bijuwar from Barala of the district with passengers travelling to visit an industrial fair in Bijuwar. Police said the accident may have occurred due to brake failure while taking a turn. “The jeep was overloaded with passengers sitting even on roof and it faced difficulty in taking the turn. Brake failure on top of that seems to have caused the accident,” a police constable said.



Driver Hari Bahadur Shah of Bijuli VDC-5, Kailash Saud of Raspurkot, Indra Bohara of Pakala VDC-1, Sharada Thapa of Bijuli VDC-3, her nine-month daughter Deva, Sajan Khadka of Bijuli VDC-3, Sher Bahadur Rana and Bimala Rana of Dhuwang VDC-3, Hemanta BK of Markawang VDC-8, Radha Shrestha of Bijuli VDC-5, and Prem Bahadur BK of Bijayanagar VDC-3 have been taken to Kohalpur for treatment. Srijana Khadka of Bijuli VDC-3, Saraswata Pokharel of Majhkot VDC-7, Kalpana Nepali of Ramdi VDC-3, Kamala Nepali of Dhuwang VDC-3, Ganga Basnet of Bijuli VDC-5, Maya Nepali of Bijayanagar VDC-2 and Bhanu Thapa of Bijuli VDC-5 are being treated at the District Hospital in Bijuwar.


49 pilgrims injured in tractor accident



Meanwhile 49 pilgrims going to take a holy dip in Nangurkhola of Sindhuli on the occasion of Mahashivaratri were injured, six of them critically, when an overloaded tractor trailer they were travelling in met with an accident at Pasu Mode of Mahottari in Bardibas-Sindhuli section of the BP Highway Monday afternoon.



The six seriously injured have been taken to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan after primary treatment at Janakpur Zonal Hospital, reports our Janakpur correspondent Suresh Yadav. Thirty-five of the injured passengers are from Dhalkebar while the rest are from the surrounding villages. Police said the accident occurred due to brake failure at a steep section of the road.

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