One of the nine people injured in the jeep accident in Salyan on Sunday has died. 62-year-old Bhima Budha, resident of Kapurkot rural municipality-5 rim, died during treatment.

Police Inspector Baburam Basnet, Information Officer of District Police Office Salyan, said that he died at a nursing home in Nepalgunj. According to , 9 people were injured when a jeep numbered Lu 1 J 1637 going from Rim to Tulsipur went out of control and crashed in Lamidanda.

Among the injured, 67-year-old Manjita Bohra, 38-year-old Vijay Budhathoki, 46-year-old Sita Budha, 15-year-old Sapna Budhathoki and 55-year-old Gorelal Bohra are undergoing treatment in Nepalgunj. Others have returned home after treatment.