Kathmandu. Three persons have died and three persons have gone missing in a jet boat accident in the Saptakoshi river at Sangurigadhi rural municipality-10 Triveni of Dhankuta.
According to the District Police Office Dhankuta, on Sunday afternoon, the OBM company’s jetboat, which was going to Chatra in Barahkshetra of Sunsari with 15 people from Kopche of Hatuwagadhi Rural Municipality-9 of Bhojpur, met with an accident due to brake failure.
After the accident, the team deployed from the police station in Sunsari’s Barahkshetra rescued 12 people including the driver and took them to Chatra Hospital. During the treatment, 52-year-old Leela Rai of Barahkshetra municipality-1, a girl of about 7 years and a man of about 40 to 55 years of age died, police said.
31-year-old Mohan Sunar of Hatuwagadhi rural municipality-4 of Bhojpur was injured in the accident. Dhankuta Police Chief Narayan Ranjitkar informed that he is being treated at Chatra Hospital and his condition is normal.
Seven-year-old son Shivak Magar of Nita Magar of Kankai Municipality-4 of Jhapa, 21-year-old Pramila Magar of Barahkshetra Municipality-1 of Sunsari and 22-year-old Manu Rai of the same place are missing after the accident. The police said they are looking for them.
Some of the people involved in the accident returned home safely after swimming and being rescued. The police have detained Suman Magar, a 24-year-old resident of Barahkshetra Municipality-1 in Sunsari, a boat driver.
Teams of Nepal Police and Armed Police have been mobilized to search and rescue the missing persons after the accident.