Dailekh, July 2: A passenger vehicle carrying an estimated 14 people met with an accident at 11:30 am at Sangeda on the Karnali highway in Chamunda Bindrasaini Municipality–7, Dailekh today.
According to the District Police Office, the vehicle with registration number Ka.Pra. 02–00 Kha 1055, traveling from Surkhet towards Kalikot, fell about 400 meters off the road into the Karnali River .
At the accident site, the body of an unidentified male was found, according to the District Police Chief, Superintendent of Police Shrawan Kumar BK. It is assumed that the driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell into the river. A 35-member police team has been deployed for rescue at the scene. Detailed information about the accident is yet to come.
There have been difficulties in the rescue operation as the vehicle is submerged in the Karnali River. BK informed RSS that the high water level and the fact that the vehicle is submerged and invisible have made the rescue operation challenging.
Deputy Superintendent BK informed that a man, whose name and address are not known, was rescued in an unconscious state hanging on a cliff at the accident site.
