Kathmandu, Safar 27, 1438, Nov 27, 2016, SPA -- Seven people were killed and 18 others were injured when an overcrowded jeep crashed in central Nepal, dpa cited local police as saying Sunday. The jeep veered off a dirt track late Saturday and fell into a stream 100 metres below the road in Batasedanda, about 150 kilometres south-west of Kathmandu, local police spokesman Bishnu Hari Koirala said. "Six died on the spot and one died on the way to hospital," Koirala said. "Three people, including the jeep's driver, were seriously injured." All 18 injured passengers were taken to two hospitals in Bharatpur, the town nearest to the site, he said. --SPA 11:15 LOCAL TIME 08:15 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w277575