Sumo falls into Sunkoshi in Sindhuli, killing 3 Khotang teenagers; 3 missing

A Sumo went out of control along the Mid-Hill Highway and fell into the Sunkoshi river at Nagthan in Fikkal Rural Municipality-6, Sindhuli. Three teenagers from Khotang died in the accident, while three others are missing.

The Sumo, bearing number Ko 1 Ja 2076, was carrying nine passengers including the driver from Kathmandu to Khotang when it went out of control at Nagthan and plunged into the Sunkoshi.

According to the injured driver, three passengers are missing in the Sunkoshi river. The District Police Office, Sindhuli, initially said the identities of the missing passengers could not be confirmed.

Nagarik News later reported that the identities of all nine people involved — the dead, the injured and the missing — have since been established.