A youth died in a jeep accident that occurred at Dudhe along the Katari-Rupatar road section in Udayapur district, on Thursday.
Police identified the deceased as Ramesh Nepali (25) of Tapli Rural Municipality-5 in the district,
According to Udayapur District Police Office, the wheels of the jeep heading to Rupatar from Katari skidded while climbing upward which led to the accident.
The body of the deceased has been kept at Katari Hospital for a postmortem. Meanwhile, search is on for the jeep driver who fled the scene before police arrived, police informed.