Sindhupalchok/bara, Feb. 21 -- As many as seven people died and 12 others were injured in separate road accidents in Sindhupalchok, Bara, Dang and Salyan districts on Wednesday.

A jeep swerved off the road and plunged into the Andheri stream some 200 metres below at Sakhuwapari of Bahrabise Municipality in Sindhupalchok, killing two people and injuring four others. According to Police Inspector Devendra Raj Joshi at Bahrabise Area Police Office, Dil Kumari Pradhan, 40, and Lal Kumari Pradhan, 42, of Ghumthang died in the incident. They died on the spot, said police.

Three passengers with serious injuries have been referred to the National Trauma Centre in Kathmandu while driver Bikram Thapa sustained minor injuries in the incident. The ...