KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Two people were killed and four others injured after a Bolero jeep lost control and crashed on an inner road in Salyan on Saturday morning.
The jeep, bearing registration number Lu Pra 02-001 Ja 0005, met with the accident at around 8 am in Sinkha of Triveni Rural Municipality-5. It reportedly veered off the road after the driver lost control.
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Six people, including the driver, were injured in the crash. Two of them were rushed to Salyan District Hospital, where doctors declared them dead at 10:22 am.
The deceased have been identified as eight-year-old Resham Budhathoki of Pokhari, Triveni Rural Municipality-6, and around 18-year-old Bipana Budhathoki of Salle, Triveni Rural Municipality-5.
The injured have been identified as jeep driver 24-year-old Bhupal Pun and 29-year-old Paras Bohara, both from Sinkha of Triveni Rural Municipality-5; 50-year-old Dillibahadur Wali; and around 42-year-old Lalmati Budhathoki of Triveni Rural Municipality-6.
All four injured received preliminary treatment at Triveni Health Care in Luham before being referred to the Rapti Academy of Health Sciences in Ghorahi, Dang, for further treatment, police said.