Dhangadhi, July 25 -- A jeep accident in the remote mountainous village of Kyudi, Bajura district, on Thursday morning killed three people and injured 18.

The rescue process in the incident has exposed serious gaps in Nepal's emergency medical evacuation system.

Around 8:30am, a jeep carrying 21 passengers from Kyudi to Dhulachaur lost control on a newly opened narrow road. Three elderly passengers died on the spot. Seven critically injured survivors urgently needed transfer to a better-equipped hospital.

Local officials and health workers immediately launched rescue efforts. However, the remote location-about two and a half hours from the rural municipality centre of Dhulachaur-hindered ground evacuation. Attempts to secure helicopter...