KATHMANDU, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and three others injured after a sports utility vehicle plunged off a highway in Nepal's western Gulmi district on Monday afternoon, police said.
The vehicle, with nine people on board, including the driver, fell from the Kaligandaki Corridor highway at around 4 p.m. local time, leading to the fatal accident.
Five people died at the scene, while another died during treatment at a local hospital, a police inspector at the district police office, Sudip Nepali, told Xinhua, adding that one of the injured is in serious condition.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident. ■
