10 killed in tractor accident in W Nepal
Kathmandu, Apr 6: At least ten people were killed and 23 injured when a tractor fell about 200 meters down the road at Punna near Silgudi in Doti district of western Nepal.
''The
tractor
carrying
about
30
people
skidded
off
the
road,
killing
10
people
on
the
spot,''
Kantipur
quoted
Janak
Raj
Regmi,
Chief
District
Officer
in
Doti
as
saying.
''Police
are
rescuing
the
injured
and
trying
to
recover
the
bodies
trapped
under
the
vehicle,''
he
said.
The
injured
were
being
treated
at
Dipayal
Hospital
and
Sujan
Hospital
in
the
area,
he
added.
UNI
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Story first published: Sunday, April 6, 2008, 13:24 [IST]