Two persons died when a jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at Dhobadi in Biruwa Rural Municipality-3 in Syangja.

The deceased have been identified as jeep driver Bal Bahadur Thapa (26) and Bhesh Bahadur Thapa (32) of Biruwa Rural Municipality, DSP Rajendra Prasad Adhikari said.

The incident occurred when the jeep (Ga 1 Ja 5939) heading towards Khali from Biruwa fell some 500 metres down the road, he said.

The bodies have been sent to the District Hospital Syangja for postmortem, police said.