Kalikot, April 21 -- Four people, including the driver, died after a tractor veered off the road and plunged down a slope in ward 2 of Palata Rural Municipality, Kalikot, on Sunday night.

The tractor was heading to Chhallaha from Thirpu in ward 9 of the rural municipality, carrying groceries and food supplies, when it crashed at around 11:30pm at Raduneta Larf, according to police.

District Police Chief Tek Bahadur Rawat said the victims have been identified as 25-year-old driver Chandra Prakash Rokaya of Mugu; 26-year-old Amba Shahi of Palata-5; and 21-year-olds Sadu Budha and Rabindra BK, both from Palata-4.

A police team led by Senior Head Constable Gagan Rawat from the temporary post at Kahardev reached the crash site the same nigh...