KATHMANDU, MARCH 25

As many as five persons have been killed while three others were injured in a tractor accident that occurred in Suyedi of Nandegada in Mellekh Rural Municipality-7 of Achham district this morning.

According to the police, the incident occurred when the tractor (001 002 Ta 4979) was en route from Kshodsha to Sanfebagar.

The deceased have been identified as Ranga Dhami (55), Janak Dhami (15), Prem Dhami (45), Nar Bahadur Dhami (37), and Janak Dhami (21), while the injured are Lal Bahadur Dhami (2), Hansha Dhami (40), and Devendra Dhami (15). All the deceased and injured are from Mellekh-1, according to the spokesperson of the District Police Office, Achham, Inspector Arjun Saud.

The injured have been sent to Bayalpata Hospital for treatment, police said.