A child has died after falling from a jeep in Syangja.
According to Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, police spokesperson at the District Police Office, Syangja, Man Bahadur Saru, 16, of Rambha Gaonpalika-4 of Palpa died while undergoing treatment.
He had fallen from a jeep (Ga 1 Ja 7445) heading towards Bayarghari from Triashi on the Siddhartha Highway at Bhirkot-4 Chhangchhandi in Syangja.
A spokesperson said that Saru, who fell from the back of the jeep at around 9 am on Wednesday and was critically injured, was rushed to Gandaki Medical College in Pokhara. The driver of the jeep and the jeep have been taken under control by the police.