Three women killed, three missing as jeep plunges into Sunkoshi
The Tata Sumo jeep fell about 200 metres from the Mid-Hill Highway into the river in Sindhuli at 2:30am on Sunday. Four passengers, including the driver, were rescued.
Three women died, and three people are missing after a Tata Sumo jeep travelling from Kathmandu to Khotang plunged into the Sunkoshi river in Sindhuli district early Sunday.
According to police, the vehicle, registration number Ko 1 Ja 2976, fell into the river from the Mid-Hill Highway at Nagthan in Phikkal Rural Municipality-6 at around 2:30am, plunging about 200 metres.
Police said the bodies of three women had been recovered at the accident site. Four passengers, including the driver, were rescued and taken to Janasewa Health Centre in Udayapur for treatment.
The driver, 29-year-old Ashish Bista of Okhaldhunga, was unconscious when he was taken for treatment. Samjhana Rai, 38, of Diktel Municipality-3 in Khotang, was in critical condition, police said.
Rai’s 12-year-old daughter, Shivani Rai, and 13-year-old Ankit BK of Diktel Municipality-1 were able to speak, according to police.
The driver told police that three people remained missing. Further details of the accident were not immediately available.
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