Six people were injured when a jeep carrying patients from Kalikot to Surkhet crashed at Kafaltoli in Gurans Rural Municipality-1, Dailekh, at around 8am on Monday.
The jeep was carrying two patients, 27-year-old Kaili Sarki and 27-year-old Jadukala Sarki, both from Mehelmudi in Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality-6, along with their attendants. It lost control and crashed, Assistant Sub-Inspector Lalit Rawal of the Tallo Dungeshwar Police Post said.
The driver, 22-year-old Yogesh Simkhada of Sanni Triveni-7, Kalikot, was seriously injured. The two patients and three attendants, identified as 18-year-old Ganga Sarki, 41-year-old Rane Sarki and 21-year-old Tapendra Simkhada of Mumra in Sanni Triveni-7, were also injured.
Police said all six were taken to Surkhet for treatment.
Resident Devidas Baral said the jeep had left Kalikot for Surkhet during the night.
Tularam Pandey is the Kalikot correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
