Tractor accident in Kalikot leaves 4 dead

Kathmandu: 4 persons have died in a tractor accident in Kalikot district.

According to the Kalikot district police office,  a tractor carrying food and groceries from Thirpu of Palanta Municipality-9 to Chhal met with an accident last night near Budadanda, Palanta-2.

The deceased have been identified as 25-year-old tractor driver Chandra Prakash Rokaya from Mughu, Khatyad Municipality-5; 21-year-old Ravindra Bik from Palanta Municipality-4, Kalikot; 32-year-old Sadu Budha from the same location and 26-year-old Amba Shahi from Sallikot, Palanta-5.

Office chief Tek Bahadur Rawat said that they died at the scene of the accident. He said the tractor was stuck on a slope below the road. The bodies were found about 200 meters down from the road.

As soon as the news of the accident was received, a police team under the command of Assistant Inspector Bhim Bahadur Sunar from the Thirpu area police office reached the site that night.

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