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Four killed, one injured in a car accident in Dang

car accident in Dang
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Four people have been killed and one injured when a car was swept away by a river in the Dang district.

Coming towards Ghorahi from Nepalgunj, Province Vehicle No. 3-01-24 Cha 4440  with Four persons were killed when their car was swept away by the flood of Sisne Khola in Gogli of Ghorahi Sub-metropolis-4.

The deceased have been identified as Shusila Shrestha, 32, Rita Maya Pun, 40, of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolis-13, Radha Kunwar, 29, of Ghorahi-14, and Bimala KC, 40, of Ghorahi-14, said Mukunda Prasad Rijal, spokesperson of the District Police Office, Dang.

The bodies of Bimala and Rita were found three kilometers away from the spot at around 6:15 this morning, according to police.

In the accident, the car driver Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan Ward no. Nara Bahadur, 43, a resident of 15 has been injured again. Pun’s leg is broken. He is undergoing treatment at Rapti Institute of Health Sciences, Ghorahi.

He was found in a new settlement of Ghorahi-17, Belbhar, about 1.5 km away from the spot, police said.