Palpa, Feb. 13 -- Eight people died and 19 others were injured, three critically, in a passenger jeep accident at Tinau Rural Municipality-6 of Palpa district on Tuesday.

The jam-packed vehicle was heading to Shikhar Danda from Dumre when the fatal accident happened. The jeep swerved off the road from a bent in Lumpekdanda and plunged some 150 metres below.

According to Raj Kumar Chapagain, chief at the District Traffic Police Office, five women and three men were killed in the crash. Among the deceased only Yam Kumari Panta of Tinau-6 has been identified so far, he added.

The security personnel and the locals rescued the victims and rushed them to the medical facilities. "All the injured are receiving treatment at Lumbini Medical Coll...