SURKHET:  At least four persons died and 3 others injured in a jeep accident at Okhaldhunga of Mahabu Rural Municipality, Dailekh, on Thursday.

According to DSP Saroj Poudel at District Police Office,  Dailekh, the  deceased have been identified as Saral Kumar Shahi, 35, of  Mahabu-5 and  Nirmala Pandey, 22, of Mahabu-4, Nirmala Shahi of Kalikot  and Tilak  Dhakal of Birendranagar, Surkhet.

The jeep was going to Gaidawaj of  Mahabu Rural Municipality from Dailekh Bazaar. Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the accident.