Death toll in Baitadi jeep accident hits four
The ill-fated vehicle was returning to district headquarters after transporting filled ballot boxes.
KATHMANDU: The death toll in the Baitadi jeep accident has hit four.
According to Chief District Officer Suresh Panthi, the deceased have been identified as assistant head constable Arjun Kathayat and constables Lok Bahadur Bathamagar, Ramesh Saud, and Birkha Bahadur Bista. The accident injured nine police officers, including the driver. Bathamagar, Saud, and Bista died on the spot, while Kathayat died at Patan Primary Health Center.
Of the injured (head constable Ganesh Khadka, assistant head constable Gopal Bahadur Pal, constables Putali Khadka, Naresh Kathariya, Aasha Dhami, Bhanu Bista, Tikendra Airee, Chandra Singh Thagunna and Dev Ram Mahar), Ganesh and Putali have been transported to Kohalpur on a helicopter of the Nepal Army, said Panthi. Of others receiving treatment at the center, Kathariya, Dhami and Mahar are reported to be in a serious condition, and preparations were underway to transport them elsewhere on a helicopter, said the district administration office, Baitadi.
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A police jeep (Se 1 Ja 854) carrying officers skidded off the road and fell 300 meters into the local Ningladi river at Patan Municipality-4 in Baitadi district today along the Dasharath Chand Highway, resulting in the tragedy.
The ill-fated vehicle was returning to district headquarters after transporting filled ballot boxes.
Sleep deprivation is being blamed for the accident, according to Panthi.
According to reports, the driver drove overnight while transporting filled ballot boxes. According to the police, additional investigations were underway.
