POKHARA: At least fourteen persons were hurt after a jeep they were traveling on met with an accident at a rural road in Dumrebhanjang of Waling Municipality-14 in Syangja district, on Monday.

According to Western Regional Police Office Pokhara the jeep (Ga 2 Cha 3413) skidded off the road after brake fail at around 1:00 pm today.

7 out of 14 passengers have been shifted to Manipal Hospital in Pokhara for further treatment. While the others are undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Waling.