At least seven persons died and three others were injured in a jeep accident at Dadigaun in Musikot Municipality-6 of Rukum on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as Nabin Shrestha, his wife Anita Pradhan of Sisne Rural Municipality, Sudan Shrestha of Musikot Municipality-1, his father Sher Bahadur Shrestha, Janak Shah and Surekha Shah of Musikot Municipality and Yamuna Malla of Tribeni Rural Municipality-1.

The incident occurred when the four-wheeler (Ga 1 Ja 4260) heading towards Musikot from Rukumkot skidded of the road and fell some 200 metres down last night.

Nabin and his wife Anita both are police inspector. They had married just three days ago. They were returning to duty station after the wedding ceremony.  

Police said that jeep driver Prem Thapa of Dang, Tulsipur, assistant driver Prem KC and Tek Bahadur Khatri were injured in the incident. They have been taken to Nepalgunj for treatment.