Gulmi jeep accident

Six people were killed and three injured when a Scorpio jeep fell about 250 metres off the Kaligandaki Corridor road at Dabaukhani, Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-2, Gulmi, on the afternoon of Monday, October 26, according to the District Police Office in Gulmi. The jeep was carrying passengers from Syangja towards Rakse in Gulmi.

Police said five people died at the scene and one while being treated at Kaligandaki Community Hospital in Mirmi; Republica's first report had put the toll at five. The dead are the driver, Dilip Kumar Bagale, 67, and Shiva Parajuli, Loknath Pandey, Sita Pandey, Kulananda Pandey and Nita Bagale. The injured, Chhabilal Pandey, Gomata Pandey and Balkrishna Subedi, were taken to hospital, one of them to Mission Hospital in Palpa. Police are investigating the cause.