Mar 22, Kathmandu - The death toll in a tipper accident in Palpa on Saturday evening has reached four. One person has been seriously injured in the accident.

According to the District Police Office, Palpa, an empty tipper (Lu 2 Kha 4525) heading from Jhadewa in Palpa to the Rahbas Chundhunga mine met with an accident around 6 pm on Saturday.

Four people, including the driver, died in the accident that took place on the Jhadewa-Rahbas inner unpaved road section in Ward No. 7, Rahbas, Mathagadhi Rural Municipality.