INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 23At least five persons died in a road accident that occurred last
midnight in Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality, Gorkha
Twelve others were injured in the accident.
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Identity of all five persons dead in the accident has been ascertained
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Leelaraj Lamichhane, the deceased are Nabina Thapa, 17, Prabin Thapa, 19, Niraj Thapa,
19, and Bir Bahadur Thapa, 24, of Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-5, and Than Bahadur Thapa, 64, of ward no
4 of the same rural municipality.Twelve others were injured in the accident
Of the injured ones, three are referred to Bharatpur-based hospitals from Anbukhairani in Tanahun.
The jeep (01-023 Cha
4427) was carrying the participants of a wedding ceremony from Chilingkot village to Taklung village in the rural municipality
The newly-wedded couple had travelled by the next vehicle, it is said.The accident occurred after the jeep plunged some 200 meters off the
road at around 3:00 this morning.
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