Eight people, including four children, died following a car accident at Swargadwari Municipality in Pyuthan district on Monday.

The vehicle was carrying seven pilgrims—two women, one man and four children–who were returning from the Swargadwari temple in the district.

Police have so far identified the driver Tara Bahadur Kumal, 49, of Lamahi Municipality-5, Sarita Sharma Pokhrel, 35, and her two sons aged nine and 14, of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City in Dang.

Likewise, the police have also established the identities of Govinda Shah, 40, and his wife Radha Shah, 30, and their nine-year-old son, residents of Lamahi Municipality-7.

Police said that the process to identify one of the victims, a minor, is underway.

According to the District Police Office, the car fell off the road at a bend near Bhingri in the municipality.

The passengers were trapped inside the vehicle and the authorities had used an excavator to pull out the bodies.

Pramila Khanal, acting medical superintendent at the Pyuthan District Hospital, said that all eight persons were brought to the hospital following the accident, and were declared dead on arrival.

“All of them had already died when they were brought to the hospital,” said Khanal, “The authorities are working to establish the identities of one minor victim.

Police said that the bodies of the victims have been brought to the District Hospital and the process to identify the deceased is underway.