Salyan. Four people died and 18 people were injured in two separate road accidents in Salyan on Friday evening. Three people died in a jeep accident in Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2 Ratamata and one person died in a Bolero accident in Bangad Kupinde Municipality-11 Gara.
According to District Police Office Salyan, 43-year-old Saune Roka, 43-year-old Krishna Basnet and 45-year-old Sita Vick of Rural Municipality-2 died in an accident in Siddha Kumakh. The police said that they died during treatment. 7 others were injured in the accident.
A jeep numbered Lu 1 J 2368, which was going from Sharada Municipality-1 Srinagar to Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipality-2 Takura, fell into the river about 150 meters below the inner road at Ratamata at around 6:35 pm on Friday.
Similarly, 25-year-old Pappu Dangi of Gurvakot Municipality-2 Malarani of Surkhet died in a bolero accident in Bangad Kupinde Municipality-11 Gara on Friday night. Police said that he died during treatment at Mehelkuna Hospital in Surkhet.
On the Khalanga-Balua Sangrahi road section, the double cab Bolero numbered Ra 1 Ch 1723, which was coming from Chowr towards Baluwa Sangrahi, fell down about 100 meters from the road at around 8:40 in the night. 11 people were injured in the accident.
According to Chief Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Deepak Patli of District Police Office Salyan, four people injured in Siddha Kumakh have been referred to Lucknow, India for further treatment. Two people are being treated in Nepalgunj and 1 person is being treated in Salyan.
He said that those injured in Bangad Kupinde are being treated in various hospitals in Nepalgunj. The condition of some of the injured in both accidents is critical, police said. DSP Patli said that the cause of the accident is being investigated.