Four persons died in a tractor accident near Mauwakhola Rural Municipality-4 in Taplejung district on Tuesday. Tractor driver Pasang Sherpa (31) and Furwa Sherpa (24) of Mauwakhola-5 and Sharmeela Sherpa (22) and Laki Sherpa (17) of the same family from Mauwakhola-4 died in the mishap, said Mauwakhola Rural Municipality Chairperson Bijaya Prakash Banem. According to him, all of them died on the spot.

He said that the incident occurred when the tractor heading towards Kamsang from Power sub-station ofTellabung fell some 200 meters down the road last night.