Khotang, Oct. 18 -- Three women died, and three people are missing after a Tata Sumo jeep travelling from Kathmandu to Khotang plunged into the Sunkoshi river in Sindhuli district early Sunday.

According to police, the vehicle, registration number Ko 1 Ja 2976, fell into the river from the Mid-Hill Highway at Nagthan in Phikkal Rural Municipality-6 at around 2:30am, plunging about 200 metres.

Police said the bodies of three women had been recovered at the accident site. Four passengers, including the driver, were rescued and taken to Janasewa Health Centre in Udayapur for treatment.

The driver, 29-year-old Ashish Bista of Okhaldhunga, was unconscious when he was taken for treatment. Samjhana Rai, 38, of Diktel Municipality-3 in Khotang...