KATHMANDU: As many as 11 people were killed as the jeep they were travelling on veered off the road into Mahakali River at Ratakatha in Duhun Rural Municipality-3 of Darchula district. According to Police Inspector Rabindra Kathayat at Darchula District Police Office (DPO), seven women, three men and a girl child lost their lives in the accident. The identifications of the deceased are yet to be established. The jeep (Ma 1 Ja 280) heading towards Hikila from the district headquarters Khalanga along Darchula-Tinkar road section plunged 500 metres into the Mahakali River killing the passengers aboard, on Friday night. Deputy Superintendent of the Armed Police Force, Bhim Bahadur Chand was quoted in Rastriya Samachar Samiti as saying that jeep driver Dipak Singh Dhami, seriously injured in the incident, has been sent to Pithauragadh, India, for treatment. The incident site is seven kilometres north from the district headquarters.