Five people died when a tractor fell nearly 500 metres down the road at Phulbari VDC-5 in Okhaldhunga on Wednesday.

Police said Bishnu Baral, Milan Ghimire, and Amir Ghimire, of Bilandu-5, Manish Khadka of Phulbari-5 and Hira Bahadur Rai of Bhojpur district were killed in the crash.

Driver Prem Thapa, who was seriously injured, was taken to Ramechhap for treatment.