KATHMANDU, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A sport utility vehicle ran off the highway in western Nepal on Wednesday night, leaving an infant and four others dead.

The vehicle, carrying seven people, fell off the road in Jajarkot district at around 11:00 p.m. local time.

It fell down a cliff around 700 meters deep, said Hari Ram Dangi, an inspector at district police.

He told Xinhua on Thursday that a preliminary investigation suggested the vehicle lost control due to brake failure, and the two injured were receiving treatment at a hospital.

It was the fourth fatal accident involving such vehicles in Nepal in less than one month, and 26 people were killed and 15 others wounded in the accidents. Enditem

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