JAJARKOT: A person died and another sustained critical injuries when the jeep they were travelling on fell below the road in Khurpa of Kushey Rural Municipality-5 in Jajarkot district this morning.

The accident took place when the jeep (Bhe 1 Ja 557) carrying a generator for grill works at Laxmi Secondary School in Khurpa swerved at a turn on the unpaved road, falling some 300 metres below, informed local Dal Bahadur Singh.

The deceased has been identified as jeep driver Kamal Nepali who died on the spot, and the injured as Noor Aalam of Banke district, currently residing in Bheri Municipality-4 of Jajarkot.

Injured Aalam was referred to a hospital in

Nepalgunj after the treatment was not seen possible at Jajarkot Hospital, according to Chief at Jajarkot District Police Office, Rabindra Bahadur Singh.