Three people died on the spot and eight others were injured in a jeep accident in Palpa on Friday.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Hom Prakash Chaudhary, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Palpa, three people died on the spot in the accident. The identities of the deceased are yet to be confirmed.
The jeep (Lu 1 Ja 3908) belonging to Lekbesi Transport, which was traveling from Arun Khola toward Rampur in Palpa, fell about 600 meters from the road near a turn at Chiurebas in Nisdi Rural Municipality-4 along the Mityal-Arun Khola road section.
The police said that eight injured passengers were rescued and taken to hospital.
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined. Some passengers who jumped off the roof said that the jeep fell off the cliff while the vehicle was stopped on an incline to allow passengers to get off.