Kathmandu, February 5
Six persons died when an SUV carrying newlyweds fell off the road at Okharpata in Gaumukh rural municipality of the Pyuthan district in Lumbini in the wee hours of Saturday.
Seven others are injured when the vehicle (Ga 1 Ja 5092) crashed at around 3 am today, DSP Satya Narayan Thapa informs. He says most of the injured are in critical condition.
The victims and injured are yet to be identified. DSP Thapa says details are awaited as the incident site is quite far from the district headquarters. The nearest police post is 15 km away from the incident site.
The vehicle was carrying the newlyweds to the groom’s house in Libang of Rolpa from the bride’s house in Naubahini of Pyuthan.