1 October, Kathmandu. Three people died and four others were injured when a passenger jeep fell into Sunkoshi river in Fikkal rural municipality-6 Nagthan of Sindhuli. Three people have gone missing in the accident.
Jeep number 1 J 2976, which was going from Kathmandu to Khotang, fell into the Sunkoshi river about 200 meters below the Madhyapahari Lokmarg at around 2:30 am on Sunday morning.
According to the Sindhuli police, three women died on the spot in the accident. The identity of the deceased is yet to be revealed.
Four people who were injured in the accident were rescued and initially sent to Janseva Health Center in Ghurmi, Udaipur. They have been sent to Sindhuli District Hospital for further treatment.
The injured are the jeep driver Ashish Bisht, 29, of Okhaldhunga, 38-year-old Mejakan Rai of Diktel Municipality-3 of Khotang, his 12-year-old daughter Siwani Rai and 13-year-old Ankit Vick of Diktel Municipality-1.
According to the driver, three people are missing after the accident. Teams of Nepal Police and Armed Police have been mobilized for their search and rescue.
Seven people under the command of police inspector Bishnu Prasad Paudel from the area police office Khurkot and a team including divers under the command of armed police deputy inspector Narendra Gurung from the Armed Police Force Disaster Management Base Khurkot have been deployed at the incident site. The joint security team is searching for the missing persons.
The cause of the accident has not been revealed. More details about the incident are yet to come.
