Two killed and three injured in road accident

Dang, Oct 26: Two persons were killed and three others were injured in a road accident that took place this morning in Sattale of Tulsipur municipality-3.

The accident took place when a passenger jeep (Ra. 1 Ja. 822) heading towards Tulsipur from Salyan fell some 300 meters below the road. The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Hiramani Budhamagar of Baibang in Dangisharan Rural Municipality-4 and 19-year-old Suresh Khadka of Kapurkot Rural Municipality-6 of Salyan.

They succumbed to their injuries at Rapti Provincial Hospital, Police Inspector Prakash Thapa of Area Police Office, Tulsipur said that five people were travelling in the jeep, and three others are seriously injured.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said. –––RSS