A pick-up van accident occurred on Thursday morning in QD village while coming from QD of Bajura's Himali Rural Municipality to Dhulachaur, the center of the rural municipality. Three people died and 18 were injured in the accident.

Seven people who were seriously injured were rescued by a helicopter of the Nepalese army and taken to Surkhet for treatment. Among the other injured, 10 people are being treated at Kolti Hospital and one person is being treated at Kavadi, police said.

According to District Police Office Bajura, 76-year-old Bijoura Rokaya, 75-year-old Bazhakala Rokaya and 35-year-old Juneli Rokaya have died. While coming to Kavadi from Qdi village, B.P. 03-001 J 0338 Bolero pick-up van number 7 seriously injured people have been taken to Surkhet for further treatment by Nepalese army helicopter. Dhansingh Rokaya, Ransur Sunar, Bir Bahadur Budha, Bazhalal Rokaya, Raj Bahadur Budthapa, Surendra Shahi of Humla Tajakot and driver Gauri Budha, 23, of QD village were taken to Surkhet for treatment, said Police Inspector Dev Bahadur Chaudhary of District Police Office Bajura.

10 other people who were injured in the accident are being treated at Kolti Hospital. Police said that Amm Rokaya, Bazhadhan Rokaya, Bhadairi Rokaya, Bhaijit Budha, Askali Budha, Dashrath Budha, Chate Rokaya, Sajan Rokaya, Navraj Budha and Bharat Rokaya are undergoing treatment at Kolti Hospital. Another one of the injured, Dal Bahadur Chandara, is being treated at the local Kawadi, Police Inspector Chaudhary said.

"Preliminarily, it is estimated that the jeep accident happened due to excessive load," said police inspector Chowdhury, "The jeep fell from the top gear to the bottom gear." The track was opened last November. Since even the unpaved roads were not organized, regular jeeps did not ply.