At least three people have died in a jeep accident in Pyuthan district on Wednesday.

Sushil Thapa Magar, information officer at the District Police Office in Pyuthan, informed that 12 others were injured following the incident.

According to the police, the jeep was en route to Purna Gaun from Khaira of Pyutan Municipality when the accident occurred at around midnight.

Magar informed that a 46-year-old man and two women aged 43 and 52, were among the deceased.

Police said that all of the deceased were residents of Patalkateri while the injured are from Purna Gaun.