Palpa jeep accident: Death toll reaches 10

The death toll in a jeep accident in Palpa has reached 10.

Eight people died on the spot while two breathed their last during the course treatment at the Lumbini Medical College.

Eighteen people were injured in the accident.

According to the District Police Office (DPO), Palpa, the accident took place at Masyam of Tinau Rural Municipality-6 in the district on Tuesday. The injured have been sent to Lumbini Medical College in Palpa for treatment.

The tragedy occurred when the jeep (Lu 1 Ja 2371) heading towards Chidis, Kusumkhola in Palpa from Dumre in Tanahun district veered off the road and fell some 300 meters down the road near Eco Farm House at Masyam.

The deceased have been identified as 60-year-old Yan Kumari Panta, 39-year-old Ram Bahadur Aslami, 67-year-old Krishna Bahadur Aslami and 28-year-old Urmila Aslami of Masyam, Tinau Rural Municipality-6.

Chandra Ranapal (70) and Chuna Ranapal (60) of Tamnagar, Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-14, Rupandehi district also died in the accident.

Similarly, the casualties include 20-year-old Gita Sunar of Khursane, Tinau-2, 66-year-old Bishnukala Kami and 65-year-old Dil Kumari Sunar of Khyaha, Ribdikot rural municipality-1, and 29-year-old Dilmaya GC of Devdaha Municipality-5, Rupandehi, said Inspector Sugandha Shrestha, the Information Officer at the District Police Office, Palpa.

According to him, the jeep driver, 45-year-old Dan Bahadur Chidi of Tansen Municipality-10, has been arrested for investigation.