Death toll in Arghakhanchi jeep accident reaches 10
PYUTHAN: Death toll in the Arghakhanchi jeep accident has reached 10 after one of the injured rescued from the incident site died at the Sandhikharka-based Arghakhanchi District Hospital, police said.
Nine people had died on the spot, while five others are critically injured after the jeep that left the Arghakhanchi district headquarters Sandhikharka for Baandikot of neighbouring Pyuthan fell 700 metres down the road in Hansapur VDC.
Nine among the 10 of the victims have been identified, according to police. The injured are undergoing treatment at Sandhikharka-based hospital.
The ill-fated jeep witnessed puncture of one of its rear wheel while going uphill at Postapata and subsequent brake failure -- leading it to the fatal accident, police informed.
As many as 16 people were on board the jeep operated by Deurali Yatayat, according to Nawaratna Paudel, the chief of the Arghakhanchi District Police Office.
The Deurali Yatayat's record, on the other hand, showed the jeep had left Sandhikharka with 14 people including the driver. Tulsi Gaire, an employee at the private transporter, said two people could have got on the vehicle later.
Victims
- Bhesh Bahadur Thapa, Purkotdaha of Gulmi
- Buddhiram Pariyar, Bhanbhane of Gulmi
- Shobha Roka Magar, Bangemaroth of Pyuthan
- Ram Bahadur Gharti, Hansapur of Arghakhanchi
- Hom Bahadur Gharti, Hansapur of Arghakhanchi
- Min Bahadur KC, Hansapur of Arghakhanchi
- Chet Bahadur Thapa, Hansapur of Arghakhanchi
- Sita Nepali, Sandhikharka of Arghakhanchi
- Narayan Bahadur Roka, Sandhikharka of Arghakhanchi
- Yet to be identified
(Updated at 6:45pm)
Nine killed in Arghakhanchi jeep accident
KATHMANDU: At least nine people were killed on the spot as a passenger jeep met with an accident in Hansapur area of Arghakhanchi district of western Nepal on Sunday, the Arghakhanchi District Police Office said.
Nine bodies were seen on the incident site while six people were rescued alive and sent to Sandhikharka for treatment, Kulchandra Pokharel, police constable, told THT Online from the incident site over telephone.
The jeep (Ga1Ja 4878) was heading to Bandikot of Pyuthan from Sandhikharka, the district headquarters of Arghakhanchi, when it veered off the road and fell around 400 metres down on the bank of a local rivulet at Postapata of Hansapur, Pokharel informed.
The incident took place at around 3:05 pm. The jeep crash site is around 20 km north of Sandhikharka.
As many as 22 people were killed in Chitwan district after a passenger bus plunged into the Trishuli River on Friday, August 26.
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