A person died and another was seriously injured in a jeep accident at Dattu in Mahakali Municipality of Darchula district on Sunday morning.

Police said the jeep (Se 1 Ja 596) en route to Malikarjun from Khalanga met with the accident at Sotyauda river of the district.

The deceased has been identified as jeep owner Bhupendra Badu of Mahakali municipality-7.

Jeep driver Devi Ram Koli was critically injured in the accident. A team of Armed Police Force took Koli to Darchula district hospital for treatment.