Two people died and three others were injured when a tractor plunged into the Bheri River near Aathbiskot Municipality-14 in Rukum West district on Friday.

According to Police Inspector Bishnu Prasad Shrestha, information officer, of District Police Office Rukum, the tractor en route to Jajarkot from Aathbiskot fell some 150 metres down the road, killing two men aged 22 and 18 from Aathibiskot.

The injured were taken to Chaurjahari Mission Hospital for treatment, he added.

Further investigation into the case is underway, said officials.