{"id":58136,"date":"2026-11-12T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=58136"},"modified":"2026-11-12T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:08:30","slug":"death-toll-in-bhimphedi-ev-accident-climbs-to-14-six-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/death-toll-in-bhimphedi-ev-accident-climbs-to-14-six-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll in Bhimphedi EV Accident Climbs to 14, Six Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Hetauda, Nov, 12 : The death toll in an electric vehicle (EV) accident in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makwanpur district has risen to 14, while six others were injured.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred at around 6:10 am on Thursday at Chisapani Gadhi when the EV, travelling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi, plunged approximately 700 metres off the road. A total of 20 people, including the driver, were aboard the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to Armed Police Force (APF) Deputy Spokesperson DSP Shailendra Thapa, 11 bodies were initially recovered and taken to Hetauda Hospital. The bodies of three more victims were later recovered from the accident site. Their identities are yet to be established.<\/p>\n<p>Among the identified deceased are 10 residents of Sundarpur Tole in Chakraghatta Rural Municipality-4, Sarlahi. They include Suvek Yadav, Shiksha Yadav, Dipika Kumari Yadav, Subodh Yadav, Anu Rai Yadav, Rohan Yadav, Ram Dular Rai Yadav, Gudda Rai Yadav, Gayatri Devi Yadav and Poonam Yadav.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, 30-year-old Ravi Shankar Kumar Mandal of Kabilasi Municipality-8, Sarlahi, also died in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Of the six injured, three have been discharged from Hetauda Hospital after receiving treatment, while three others have been referred to Chitwan for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Those discharged are Mukesh Yadav, 33, Saksham Kumar Yadav, five, and Devendra Yadav, 26.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, three-year-old Sujan Yadav, 31-year-old Devendra Rai Yadav and 16-month-old Sudip Yadav have been referred to Chitwan. Devendra Rai Yadav is in critical condition, while the other two are in moderate condition.<\/p>\n<p>APF personnel and other security agencies were involved in the rescue operation following the accident.<\/p>\n<p>With the recovery of the three additional bodies, authorities have confirmed that 14 of the 20 people aboard the vehicle died, while six sustained injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hetauda, Nov, 12 : The death toll in an electric vehicle (EV) accident in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makwanpur district has risen to 14, while six others were injured. The accident occurred at around 6:10 am on Thursday at Chisapani Gadhi when the EV, travelling from Kathmandu to Sarlahi, plunged approximately 700 metres off the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58138,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58136\/revisions\/58138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}