Vehicle Carrying Election Officials Crashes in Ramechhap, Leaving Nine Injured
Kathmandu. Nine people were injured after a vehicle carrying a polling officer and security personnel met with an accident in Ramechhap. Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Parshuram Yadav died after the vehicle, marked Na. 7 Kha 6768, fell 100 meters down the road in Siruwari, Ramechhap Municipality-2.
Those injured in the accident are being brought to Kathmandu. An official from the District Police Office Ramechhap told Ratopati that the injured are being airlifted to Kathmandu via an army helicopter.
The army helicopter has reached Manthali. The vehicle was carrying ballot papers from the Office of the Chief Election Officer to the polling station at Shitaldevi Secondary School in Siruwari and the Ward Office building in Ramechhap Municipality-3. Nine people, including the driver, were injured when the vehicle met with an accident after failing to navigate a turn on the road. A team led by Inspector Kamal Raut of the District Police Office Ramechhap rescued the injured and sent them to the district headquarters, Manthali. The accident site is located about 35 kilometers east of Manthali.
A team from the Armed Police Force's Disaster Rescue Base Khurkot is also conducting rescue operations at the accident site.
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