KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Two people including a child died in a jeep accident in Garijeula in Chaurjahari Municipality of Rukum West on Monday.
According to the police, Masta Bahadur Oli, 45, of Chaurjahari-13 and two-year-old boy Prateek Budhamagar of Sani Bheri Rural Municipality lost their lives in the accident.
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Oli passed away while undergoing treatment at Chaurjahari Hospital, and the child died while en route to Surkhet for further medical attention.
On Monday, a jeep numbered Lu 1 Ja 2297, which was en route to Khalanga from Chaurjahari fell down 250 meters from the Garijeula road in Chaurjahari Municipality-8 under mid-hill highway. Preparations are being made to transport five of the injured to Nepalgunj by a helicopter, while the remaining are receiving treatment at Chaurjahari Hospital.
