Kathmandu. Three people have died after a passenger jeep plunged into the Sunkoshi River along the Mid-Hill Highway.

Four people were injured and three went missing in a road accident at Nagthan of Fikkal Rural Municipality-6 in Sindhuli. Three women died on the spot in the accident, police said.

The jeep (Ko 1 Ja 2976) en route to Khotang from Kathmandu plunged some 200 meters down into the river at around 2.30 am on Sunday.

The injured have been identified as jeep driver Ashish Bista, 29, of Okhaldhunga, Samjhana Rai, 38, and Shivani Rai, 12, of Diktel municipality-3, Khotang, and Ankit BK, 13, of Diktel municipality-1.

They are undergoing treatment at Sindhuli District Hospital.

According to the driver, three people have gone missing after the accident. They are being searched and rescued, according to the Area Police Office, Khurkot. The identities of the deceased and the missing are yet to be ascertained.