Two persons died and seven others sustained injuries when a jeep they were traveling in met with an accident at Bandrebhir near Hilepani in Okhaldhunga on Wednesday.

Among the injured, four are said to be in critical condition.

It has been learnt that all the victims were policemen heading towards Biratnagar in Province-1 from Solukhumbu.

DSP Sukdev Khanal of the District Police Office, Okhaldhunga said that details of the incident are yet to come.

Preparations are being made to send critically injured to Kathmandu via helicopter.