Four electrocuted after SUV hit power line

Four people were electrocuted and two others injured on Monday morning after a sport utility vehicle (SUV) hit a power line in Taplejung district in northeastern Nepal, local police said. The vehicle carrying six people including the driver was en route to a local temple when it hit an electric wire and caught fire at 05:00 local time. “The injured are receiving treatment at a local hospital,” Bibek Basnet, spokesman for the district police, said. He noted that police had launched an investigation into the accident.