Five people, including a ward chair, were killed and three others injured in a jeep accident in Ramechhap on Friday.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Pradeep Kumar Singh, the jeep was en route to Rasnalu in Gokulganga Rural Municipality-3 from Kathmandu when it veered off the road and fell down the hill at Farpu.

Among the deceased is Ramchandra Basnet, chair of ward 4 of the rural municipality. The driver, Hira Bahadur Karki, also died in the crash, police said.

The identities of the other deceased are yet to be established.