KATHMANDU, Nov 20: At least 21 passengers were injured in a jeep accident at Garijeula in Chaurjahari Municipality of Rukum West today.
According to the police, the jeep (LU1 Ja 2297) which was coming from Chaurjahari to the headquarters Khalanga this morning met with the accident. According to Chief of the District Police Office, Rukum West, DSP Navraj Bhattarai, the condition of seven of the injured is critical.
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He said that the jeep fell on the banks of Bheri River about 250 meters down the road at Chaurjahari Municipality-8, Garijula, under the Mill-hill Highway. All the injured are being treated at the Mission Hospital in Chaurjahari.
