Three persons went missing after a vehicle fell off the road into the Sunkoshi River on Saturday evening. The Hilux pickup van plunged into the river after losing its control at Kudule of Golanjor Rural Municipality-1 in Sindhuli district on its way to Bhaktapur from Khotang.
Sunkoshi accident: Hilux retrieved from 25-foot-deep riverbed; three remain missing
Superintendent of Police of District Police Office Sindhuli, Govinda Raj Kafle, said that Pranit Syagu, Balaram Ghatuwa and Abin Bade of Suryabinayak Municipality in Bhaktapur went missing after the vehicle plunged into the river.
Four persons were onboard the vehicle. Likewise, Sushant Kashapati, who has sustained injuries in the accident, is receiving treatment at a hospital in Khurkot, Sindhuli. Police said that a search for the missing ones is ongoing.
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