Baglung: Five persons, including driver, were killed when a pick-up van en route to Baglung Bazaar from Chishti of Jaimini Municipality-8 in Baglung met with an accident near Byarthala of Jaimini-7, Jaidi this morning.
Police Inspector and Information Officer at the District Police Office, Keshav Thapa said that the pickup van fell more than 100 meters below the road.
The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. One person in the pickup van has been rescued alive. Further details of the incident are awaited, he added.
Similarly, The identity of five persons, including driver, who were killed in a road accident at Jaidi of Jaimini Rural Municipality here today morning, has been established. A pick-up van (Ga 2 Cha 9247) en route to Baglung Bazaar from Chishti of Jaimini Municipality-8 in Baglung had met with an accident near Byarthala of Jaimini-7, Jaidi.
Police Inspector and Information Officer at the District Police Office, Keshav Thapa said that the pick-up van fell more than 500 meters below the road causing several deaths and injuries.
The deceased were jeep driver, 38-year-old Mahendra Pun, 20-year-old Rashmi Srish, 50-year-old Nandkali Pun, 17-year-old Niraj Srish and 75-year-old Kulprasad Srish of Jaimini-8 Chhisti.
Similarly, 45-year-old Ganga Bahadur Srish of the same place who sustained injuries in various parts of his body in the accident was brought to Dhaulagiri Hospital for treatment.
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