Identities of all 20 dead in Rolpa jeep accident ascertained

By Raju Lamichhane, Rukum Paschim, May 1: Identities of all the 20 passengers who were killed in the Rolpa jeep accident on Thursday afternoon have been ascertained.

A person who survived by jumping off the jeep as he was on rooftop has been discharged from hospital.

A jeep, Lu 1 Ja 4167, carrying pilgrims to Jaljala of Rolpa had veered some 800 meters off the road at Thawang Rural Municipality-1 in Rolpa.

Of the deceased, most are from Rukumkot of Rukum Purba district while some are from Dang district.

Sunil Thapa Nepali, information officer and police inspector at the Rolpa district police office, said that the deceased are Gorkha BK, 32, Til Kumari Budhathoki, 53, Yuva BC, 28, Divyan BC, 10, Srijana Budhathoki, 24, Sudip Budhathoki, 13 and Om Kumari Budhathoki, 40. All of these are from Takura of Sisne Rural Municipality-5 in Rukum Purba.

Jeep driver Bedu Kami, 42, a resident of Shanti Nagar in Dang, Meena Kamini, 60 and Laxmi Shah, 60 of Sisne-5 and Tek Prasad Basnet and Rukmina Basnet, 27, of Bhume Rural Municipality are among the deceased.

Of the deceased from Ghorahi Sub metropolis of Dang district are Dorpati GC, 54 of Ghorahi-15, Tila GC, 32, Jenish GC, 7, Jenisha GC, 12, Elina GC, 25, Samyog GC, 7, Yam Bahadur GC and Dhan Maha Bista of Ghorahi-13.

The government has formed a probe committee into the accident.