Tansen (Palpa), April 28
Three people were killed and two others sustained injuries when an SUV (registration plate Lu 1 Ja 2377) met with an accident at Siddheshwar, Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality-1 in Palpa district last night.
The SUV was going towards Thulapokhara from Asare of Siddheshwar when it met the accident, said Sunil Malla, DSP at the District Police Office, Palpa. Five of the injured were rushed to the United Mission Hospital in Tansen and doctors declared three of them as dead, police said.
The deceased have been identified as 36-year-old Dipendra Budha, 31-year-old Chet Narayan BK, and 23-year-old Janak Regami, the residents of Siddheshwar, Rainadevi Chhahara-1. The injured SUV driver, Ranjan Reshmi, 27, and another injured Saroj Budha, 23, are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
According to the police, the SUV fell some 200 meters down the road. Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
