Tractor carrying workers falls off highway in Doti, injuring nine

Doti, October 6, 2026 — Nine people were injured when a tractor carrying workers fell about 120 meters off the Bhimdatta Highway in Gaira Bazar of Jorayal Rural Municipality-1 on Tuesday morning.

According to police, the tractor, bearing registration number Su.Pa.Pra. 01002 Ta 4910, was traveling from Gaira Bazar toward Melkharka at around 8:45 a.m. when it lost control and fell off the road.

The tractor was being driven by 23-year-old Prakash Bahadur Thapa Magar of Bhageshwar Rural Municipality-5, Dadeldhura.

Following information about the accident, a police team from Ghanteshwor Police Post, led by Police Assistant Inspector Lokendra Singh Thagunna and accompanied by traffic police, reached the site and carried out rescue operations.

The injured were sent to Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadhi, Kailali, for treatment.

The injured have been identified as 33-year-old Amar Sijali Magar, 46-year-old Dambar Thapa, 18-year-old Bharat Thapa Magar and 18-year-old Bibash Thapa Magar, all residents of Chaparchani in Jorayal Rural Municipality-1, Doti.

The other injured are 52-year-old Jit Bahadur B.K. of Gogan Pani, 32-year-old Rupalal B.K. and 32-year-old Anisha B.K. of Dhanakot, 35-year-old Harka Bahadur Thapa Magar of Sapursani, and three-year-old Karishma B.K., daughter of Anisha B.K. of Bhanakot, all in Jorayal Rural Municipality-1.