Eleven persons died on the spot when a jeep veered off the road at Hansapur in Arghakhanchi district on Sunday.

Police said the jeep (Lu 1 Ja 4878), en route to Pyuthan’s Bandhikot from district headquarters Sandhikharka, fell some 700 meters down the road at around 3 this afternoon.

Steep terrain with thick forest has hampered rescue works, police said.

Six critically injured persons have been sent to district hospital in Sandhikharka.

The accident site is situated 30 kilometers from Sandhikharka.

This is the third major accident in the past 11 days in the country. Twenty-seven persons were killed in a bus accident at Birtadeurali VDC in Kavre district on August 15 while another 22 died when a Kathmandu-bound passenger bus plunged into Trishuli River on August 26.