KATHMANDU, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Eight people died early Saturday morning when a jeep carrying members for a wedding procession skidded nearly 150 meters off a hilly road in mid-western Nepal, local police said.
"Six people died on the spot, while two others lost their lives when they were being taken to a nearby hospital," Deputy Superintendent of Police Satya Narayan Thapa told Xinhua. "Five others, including the bride and the groom, were also injured in the accident."
"It appears that the jeep skidded off the slippery rough road due to overnight rainfall in the area," Thapa said, noting the accident happened at around 3:00 a.m. local time in Pyuthan district when the vehicle was returning to the groom's home following their wedding ceremony.
Nepal has been seeing snowfalls and rainfalls in the mountain and lower regions in the last few days, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. ■