One person died and three others were injured when a jeep met with an accident in Bethanchowk Rural Municipality-4 of Kavrepalanchok district on Friday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Resham Bohara of Banepa Area Police Office said the deceased is a 45-year-old man from ward 4 of the rural municipality.

He succumbed to injuries at around 4pm while undergoing treatment at the Banepa-based Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital.

According to a preliminary police investigation, the jeep skidded off the road and fell some 200 metres down after a brake failure at around 2:45pm.

Jeep driver, a man from ward 5 of the rural municipality, a 45-year-old man and a 40-year-old man of Bethanchowk-4 are receiving treatment at Scheer Hospital.