Death toll in Udayapur jeep accident reaches eight

Death toll in Udayapur jeep accident has reached eight.

Taksar (Bhojpur), March 14: All those eight people killed in a jeep accident at Mainamaini of Belaka-7, Udayapur district, have been identified.

The jeep (Ko 1 Ja 2593) heading towards Dakshin Ghoretar of Bhojpur from Dharan met with an accident at Mainamaini of Belaka-7, Udayapur district at around 10:30 am today.

Police said the jeep fell some 300 meters down the road.

Seven died on the spot while one breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

Police suspected that the accident might have occurred on the slope as the jeep was carrying more passengers than its capacity, the District Police Office, Bhojpur said.

The deceased have been identified as jeep driver Man Bahadur Basnet (40) of Itahari-9 in Sunsari, Maya Rai (70) of Parbat,  Chandra Prakash Rai (23) and six-month-old  child Bisang Chamling of Hatuwagadhi Rural Municipality-2, Bhojpur, Raj Kumari Rai (32) of Hatuwagadhi-5, Padam Bahadur Thapa (68), Kamala Adhikari (45) of Hatuwagadhi-9, and Kishan Rai (42) of Hatuwagadhi-5.

Among them, Kishan Rai died in the course of the treatment, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sudip Raj Pathak said.