Kathmandu, March 2 Two people, including a police officer, were killed and seven others were injured on Monday when a vehicle carrying election materials and staff for the March 5 Nepal election collided with another vehicle, police said.
The accident occurred in Deurali, in the Ramechhap district, when a mini truck veered off a steep road and plunged approximately 150 meters down the slope.
One person died on the spot, while another succumbed to injuries during treatment, police said, adding that seven others were also injured in the incident.
Rajan Prasad Timilsina, Information Officer at the District Police Office, said the vehicle was transporting election materials, security personnel, and election officials for three polling stations.
After delivering materials at the Deurali polling center, the vehicle was on its way to two other polling stations when the accident occurred, he said.
The deceased were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector R P Yadav and Dor Prasad Ghimire, a teacher at Rudrachheshwor Secondary School. Ghimire died while undergoing treatment at Manthali Hospital, police said.
Both were members of the election team assigned to a polling center at the Sanghutar ward office ‘Kha’ in the district.
The injured were later airlifted to Kathmandu in a Nepali Army helicopter for further treatment, police said.
