26 Chaitra, Dhangadhi – A jeep accident in Kanchanpur’s Krishnapur Municipality-1, Kugda, resulted in two fatalities at the scene and six injuries. On Tuesday evening around 6 PM, a jeep bearing registration number Se 1 J 290, traveling from south to north on the rough inner dirt road stretch between Pahariya and Kugda, lost control and plunged approximately 50–60 meters down into a gorge, according to police reports.
The victims who died on the spot are 60-year-old Nandaram Parki and 62-year-old Kalawati Devi Bohara, both residents of Krishnapur Municipality-1. The driver of the jeep was 24-year-old Arjun Saud from the same municipality. Including the driver, eight people were on board the jeep; apart from the two deceased, six others sustained injuries. All the injured were transported by ambulance from Krishnapur Municipality to a hospital in Dhangadhi.
Among the injured, driver Arjun Saud suffered serious head and body injuries. The other injured include Dhansari Bohara, Sarita Bohara, Bhawana Parki, Reshma Ghatal, and Ganga Bisht from Tilkeni, Bhimdatt Municipality. They sustained injuries to the face, head, chest, and various parts of their bodies. Upon receiving information about the incident, a team led by Police Havildar Hari Singh Khatri from the temporary police post in Pahariya arrived at the site. Additional personnel led by Inspector Rajesh Basnet from the Area Police Office, Jhalari, were also deployed, police said. The wrecked jeep and the bodies of the deceased remain at the accident site as further investigations continue.
