Six people were killed and six others seriously injured in a jeep accident at Kattike in Kummayak Rural Municipality–3, Panchthar, along the Tamor Corridor on Saturday, October 4.
According to the District Police Office, Panchthar, the jeep was travelling to Dharan from Taplejung when the accident occurred.
Police Inspector Rupesh Tamang said the injured were medevaced to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan. The rescue operation was jointly carried out by the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, and Armed Police Force and the locals.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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