Two persons died in a tractor accident at Chandri Khola in Bhadaure of Kaski district on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as Ajay Gurung, 17, and Ram Singh Nepali, 50, of Annapurna Village Council-4, Kaski.

The incident occurred after the tractor (Ga 1 Ta 3623) turned turtle and fell some 100 metres down the road today, Inspector Kishor Lamsal of the Ward Police Office, Bagar.

The driver fled the scene after the incident, police said.

Police said that the bodies have been sent to the Pokhara-based Regional Hospital for postmortem.