Bandipur immerse in tears after six people from same village killed in jeep accident

The entire Bandipur village in Tanahu district has been wallowing in sorrow after losing six people from the same village to a road accident on Friday evening.

Bandipur rural municipality chairperson Purnasingh Thapa said that the entire locality is deeply saddened by the demise of six persons on the eve of Maghe Sankranti, observing on the first of Nepali month Magh.

The road accident occurred when a jeep (Ga 1 Ja 6555) fell around 100 metres off the road at Dharampani of Bandipur Rural Municipality-6 in Tanahu. A Dharampani-bound jeep was coming from Sarangghat of the district. Four persons died on the spot while two others succumbed to injuries during treatment, police said.

Those killed in the road accidents were from Bokse and Hatiya village in the district. Rural municipality chair Thapa said the accident that took place during festival had immersed the entire rural municipality into tears.

The driver of the jeep absconded following the accident. Police is man hunting the driver.

Meanwhile, eight injured passengers were sent to Bharatpur on Friday night for further treatment, according to Thapa. People’s representatives, security personnel and locals had coordinated efforts for rescue of the injured.

Santa Bahadur Gurung, ward chair of Bandipur rural municipality ward no 6, shared that among the deceased, one was a couple while a mother son duo died in the accident.

Four dead bodies were retrieved from the accident site while two others breathed their last during the treatment, added Gurung.

The deceased were Hari Neupane,53, of Bandipur Rural Municipality-6 and 48-year-old Sushiladevi Neupane,Roshan Gurung, 24, and Bim Maya Gurung, 50, nine-month-old Aarubi Thapa and 48-year-old Santa Bahadur Gurung, police said.

Those injured in the accident were Jamuna Thapa, 21, Mamkuli Gurung, 48, Kumari Gurung, 22, Sanisha Thapa,16.

Furthermore, seven-month-old Bibisha Thapa, Kumar Thapa,18, Dan Bahadur Thapa,20 and Bipin Thapa, 21, were also injured in the accident.

Source: National News Agency Nepal

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