RUKUM, Jan 4: A person has died while four others sustained serious injuries in a tractor accident at Simli in Sanibheri rural municipality-9 on Thursday.
According to an eyewitness, the tractor, Ma 1 Ta 135, belonging to Chandra And Bashanta Construction P. Ltd, fell some 30 meters down the rough road while backing it away to avoid a boulder rolling down from above along the Mid-Hill Highway.
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The identities of the deceased and the injured are yet to be ascertained.
The injured have been taken to Rukum District Hospital.
