Three people have died after a jeep fell off a bridge over the Madi River connecting wards 3 and 4 of Byas Municipality along the Prithvi Highway in Tanahun district on Saturday night.
The deceased have been identified as around 35-year-old Prabin Thapa Magar, Kumar Thapa, 22, and Kushal Thapa, 22, of Byas Municipality-5, said Police Inspector Raju Adhikari of District Police Office, Tanahun. Other two individuals including jeep driver were injured in the incident, according to Adhikari.
The injured are 25-year-old Rohit Gupta of Byas Municipality-4, and Dhiraj Rauniyar, 20, of Birgunj, currently staying at Damauli.
Diraj, among those injured, has been taken to Pokhara for further treatment, said the police.
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