Two of the six people injured when a Bolero jeep crashed in Kafaltoli, Gurans Rural Municipality-1, in Dailekh district on Monday morning have died. The deceased include the driver. The other four are receiving treatment at Karnali Provincial Hospital in Surkhet.
The jeep was travelling from Kalikot to Surkhet with a 27-year-old Kaili Sarki of Sanni Triveni-6, Mehelmudi, who had consumed poison and her relatives.
According to Assistant Sub-Inspector Lalit Rawal of the police post in Tallo Dungeshwor, the deceased have been identified as the driver, 21-year-old Yogesh Simkhada, from Kyuri, Mumra, in Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality-7, and 41-year-old Rane Sarki, a relative of the patient.
Local resident Birendra Simkhada of Mumra said both died before reaching the hospital in Surkhet.
Police said Kaili, along with Jadukala, Ganga Sarki and Tapendra Simkhada, was undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Tularam Pandey is the Kalikot correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
