Two people died in a jeep accident in Pauduwar village of Myagdi district on Sunday evening.

Driver Ganesh Shrestha and local Lal Bahadur Tilija were killed after the vehicle, travelling to the Annapurna Rural Municipality-5 based settlement from Pokhare Bagar, fell some 50 metres from the road.

According to ward member Purna Bahadur Paija, the vehicle and the bodies were recovered on Monday morning after a search ensued for the jeep, which was scheduled to reach Pauduwar by Sunday evening to pick up tourists but failed to show up even until late at night.

Further investigation into the matter is underway.