Five Injured in Force Vehicle Accident in Salyan

A Force vehicle (plate LU 2 Kha 6271) traveling from Rukum West to Tulsipur, Dang, crashed on the Rapti Highway near Dharapani in Bagchaur Municipality–5, Salyan, around 10:00 AM on Friday.

Five people were hurt in the accident:

• 42-year-old Dammar BK from Musikot Municipality–12, Rukum West
• 22-year-old Harkabahadur Bik from Chaurjahari Municipality–14
• 30-year-old Lokendra KC
• 20-year-old Hiteshi Khadka from Triveni Rural Municipality–8
• 7-year-old Kapil Khadka

Local residents, transport workers, and police rescued the injured and took them to Sahaj Polyclinic in Bagchaur, where they are now receiving treatment, said Police Inspector Resham Bahadur Khatri. The vehicle, which had 13 people on board, went out of control before it crashed.

The driver, 35-year-old Indra Oli of Bagchaur Municipality–4, is still missing, and police are searching for him. Further investigation into the crash is ongoing.