Six dead, three injured in Gulmi jeep accident

GULMI:- Six persons died while three others got injured when a jeep veered some 250 meters off the road at Dabaukhani in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-2, along the Kaligandaki corridor.

The Scorpio jeep (B AA 0220) was heading to Rakse of Gulmi from Chirkot of Syangja district when it fell down the road, informed Birendra Bishwakarma, DSP and information officer of the Gulmi district police office.

Five died on the spot while one succumbed to injuries while under treatment, said the police.

Two of the injured are under treatment at Mirmi based community hospital while one has been referred to the mission hospital in Palpa for treatment.