Palpa, September 20, 2026 — One person died and five others, including the driver, were injured when a vehicle met with an accident in Tansen Municipality-8, Bhalebas, Palpa, on Sunday.
According to police, the vehicle, registration number Bhe 1 Ja 976, was travelling from Butwal toward Tansen when it went out of control at around 3:30 p.m. and fell about 20 meters from the road into a stream along the Siddhartha Highway.
The deceased has been identified as 63-year-old Anusara Khamcha of Purbakhola Rural Municipality-4. She was seriously injured in the accident and was pronounced dead by doctors after being taken to the hospital for treatment.
The injured have been identified as 29-year-old driver Nar Bahadur Rana of Purbakhola Rural Municipality-1; 50-year-old Krishna Bahadur Rajmagar of the same locality; 28-year-old Mankumari Saru of Purbakhola Rural Municipality-4, currently residing in Bhagwatitol, Tansen Municipality-4; her seven-year-old daughter Sairas Saru; and five-year-old Sayara Khamcha of Purbakhola Rural Municipality-4, the granddaughter of the deceased.
Police said all five injured people were immediately rescued and taken to Lumbini Medical College Prabhas for treatment.
