Taplejung, April 21: Identities of
those killed and injured in a Bolero jeep accident in Taplejung.
Four passengers were killed and two
others sustained injuries when the jeep en route to the Pathibhara Temple from
Phungling, the headquarters of Taplejung, caught fire.
According to the district police
office, the fire suddenly broke out in the jeep (Me 1 Cha 3011) at Sewaro
Chowk, Phungling Municipality-10.
The deceased have been identified
as 16-year-old Aadhya Acharya from Lalitpur Metropolitan City-10, 70-year-old
Binod Paudel from Bhadrapur Municipality-15, his 69-year-old wife Sarita Paudel,
and the driver, 42-year-old Durga Bhattarai from Phungling Municipality-10,
information officer of the district police office, Bibek Basnet shared.
The injured include 45-year-old
Sabina Acharya from Lalitpur-10 and her 10-year-old son, Bhavimay Acharya.
The injured are being treated at
their district hospital. (RSS)