Four people died and seven others injured when a Bolero jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at Tarkenibasi in Fikkal Rural Municipality-4 of Sindhuli district on Sunday.

According to DSP Tika Bahadur KC, the deceased have been identified as Amar Bahaur Darlami, 40, Ram Prasad Baral, 40, Dil Bahadur, 59, and Nara Bahadur Balampakhi, 60, of Fikkal Rural Municipality.

Police said that Dhan Bahadur Magar was critically injured in the accident. He is undergoing treatment at B & B Hospital in Satdobato, Lalitpur.

DSP KC said that six others, who sustained minor injuries in the incident, is receiving treatment at Khurkot Hospital in Golenjor Rural Municipality in the district.

Police said that the incident occurred after the ill-fated four-wheeler (Ba 7 Cha 3695) skidded off the road and fell some 100 metres down due to brake failure last night.

It has been learnt that the local of Fikkal Rural Municipality-4 were returning home after receiving the quake grant when the tragedy took place.

Police have arrested jeep driver Yagya Bahadur Rana Magar of the same area for investigation.