Dailekh: Two people have died during treatment after a Bolero jeep carrying a patient from Kalikot to Surkhet crashed at Kafaltoli in Gurans Rural Municipality-1 of Nepal's Dailekh district early on Monday, November 9, according to the Central Police Newsroom roundup reported by Radio Nepal and district reporting on the crash.

Source: Radio Nepal

The jeep, registration number Karnali Province 02-001 Cha 1215, was travelling from Kalikot towards Surkhet with a patient on board when it met with the accident at Kafaltoli at around 5.30 am and fell about 300 metres down the roadside, reports said. Six people, including the driver, were injured in the crash and were taken for treatment.

Two of the injured later died at Karnali Provincial Hospital in Surkhet. They were identified as the driver, Yogesh Simkhada, 22, of Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality-7 in Kalikot, and Rane Sarki, 41, of the same rural municipality. Four other injured people remain under treatment, reports said.

Source: Daily Inform IQ

Police said an investigation is under way into the circumstances of the crash. The Dailekh crash was among several fatal road accidents reported across Nepal over the past 24 hours, in which eight people died in Kapilvastu, Bardiya, Dailekh and Nuwakot districts, according to the Central Police Newsroom.