Two people were killed when a jeep crashed in Bhamchaur, ward 7 of Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, in Bajhang district on Wednesday morning, according to eyewitnesses.

The accident occurred at around 9:10am. An estimated 12 to 15 people were travelling in the jeep.

Police said they had received information that two people had died at the scene and dispatched a team to carry out rescue operations and manage the aftermath.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Upendra Timilsina, two officers, one each from the temporary police posts in Bijgad and Bagthala, along with seven personnel from the district police office, were sent to the site under his command.

The crash site is about 35 kilometres west of the District Police Office in Bajhang.

The identities of the deceased, the condition of any injured passengers and the cause of the accident are yet to be established, police said.