Waling, March 18
The death toll in the Syangja SUV accident that occurred on Sunday has reached six.
The latest victim of the accident is a 50-year-old Ganga Bahadur Dala of Waling-12 who died today morning at Gandaki Medical College in Pokhara, says Padam Raj Thapa, the spokesperson at the district police office.
The other five injured in the accident are receiving treatment at the hospital, he says.
An SUV (Ga 1 Ja 7399) heading to Bayantari from Waling municipality-12 in Syangja skidded off the road and fell around 200 metres at Phirphire on Sunday morning, killing six and injuring five, say the police.