Three people were killed and seven others injured when a jeep plunged off a road into a stream in Salyan district on Friday evening, according to police reports published on Saturday. The jeep, registration number Lu 1 Ja 2368, was travelling from Shreenagar towards Takura village when it fell about 150 metres down into a stream along an unpaved rural road at Ratamate in Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2.

Source: Peoples' Review

The District Police Office, Salyan, identified the deceased as Krishni Basnet, 42, Sita BK, 45, and Saune Roka, 43, all residents of Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2, Ratopati reported. Seven people were injured in the accident.

Source: Ratopati via Hamro Patro

3People killed in the Salyan jeep accident
7People injured
150 metresDistance the jeep fell into a stream at Ratamate
Lu 1 Ja 2368Registration number of the jeep

Injured referred to Dang and Nepalgunj

Some of the injured have been referred to hospitals in Dang and Nepalgunj for further treatment, police said. The jeep driver, Tilak Chalaune, 38, of Siddha Kumakh-2, has been taken into custody for investigation, both reports said, citing police.

Source: Peoples' Review

Police have not yet stated the cause of the accident. The crash was one of two separate road accidents reported in Salyan that night, Ratopati reported, in which four people in total died and 18 were injured across the district.