Simrik Air crash: 3 injured being treated at Mediciti Hospital

KATHMANDU: The treatment of three people injured in the Simrik Air chopper crash has begun at Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur.

They were flown to Mediciti by a Nepal Army chopper.

The crash injured Captain Surendra Poudel, co-pilot Chiring Bhote, another assistant Manoj Thapa, and Nepal Electricity Authority employee Bikram Shankar.

According to DSP Birendra Godar of the District Police Office Sankhuwasabha, the chopper crashed into a tree today at 1:10 p.m. in Hammaredanda of Hatia Sikprung, Bhotkhola Rural Municipality-4.

Bhabin Gurung, a resident of Sankhuwasabha, died in the crash. The deceased Gurung was working as a helper of chopper.