Six people were injured when a jeep carrying patients from Kalikot to Surkhet crashed at Kafaltoli in Gurans Rural Municipality-1, Dailekh, at around 8am on Monday.

The jeep was carrying two patients, 27-year-old Kaili Sarki and 27-year-old Jadukala Sarki, both from Mehelmudi in Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality-6, along with their attendants. It lost control and crashed, Assistant Sub-Inspector Lalit Rawal of the Tallo Dungeshwar Police Post said.

The driver, 22-year-old Yogesh Simkhada of Sanni Triveni-7, Kalikot, was seriously injured. The two patients and three attendants, identified as 18-year-old Ganga Sarki, 41-year-old Rane Sarki and 21-year-old Tapendra Simkhada of Mumra in Sanni Triveni-7, were also injured.

Police said all six were taken to Surkhet for treatment.

Resident Devidas Baral said the jeep had left Kalikot for Surkhet during the night.