Four persons died in separate road accidents in Sindhupalchok district on Sunday.

Three persons died when a Bolero jeep fell some 300 metres down the road at Jhilke Mod in Jyamire Pipaltar of Melamchi Municipality-9.

The jeep (Ba 18 Pa 4699) was heading towards Ratmate from Melamchi when it met with an accident at around 8 pm yesterday.

The deceased have been identified as the jeep driver Suresh Tamang, 35, Moti Adhikari, 42, and Kamal Syangbo, 12,  of Jyamire, Melamchi Municipality-9. They died on the spot, police said.

Similarly, Mahendra Bhujel of Bandegaon, Indrawati Rural Municipality-3 died when a passenger bus met with an accident in Timbu of Helambu Rural Municipality at around 10 pm yesterday. Bhujel was the assistant of the bus driver.

The bus (Ba 2 Kha 6365) was heading towards Timbu from Kathmandu when the incident occurred. RSS