Kathmandu, Jun 23 (PTI) A vehicle carrying passengers coming from a wedding skidded off a hilly road in Nepal's Gandaki Province, killing at least five people and injuring 12 others, police said.

The accident happened in the province's Kotgaun district on Friday afternoon.

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"The accident happened on Friday afternoon when the vehicle carrying 19 passengers skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge," police said.

Police said that the twelve injured people are undergoing treatment at Anbukhaireni Hospital while the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post mortem.

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