Kalikot: At least six persons died and seven others were critically injured in a jeep accident that occurred near the Raduneta area of Patala Rural Municipality-3, Kalikot. The jeep, bearing the registration number Karnali Province 001 Ja 56, met with the accident this afternoon.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the District Police Office, Kalikot, Tek Bahadur Rawat, stated that the identities of those killed in the mishap have not yet been ascertained.
DSP Rawat further informed that the critically injured individuals have been transported to Karnali Province Hospital in Surkhet by a helicopter operated by the Nepali Army.