Ten persons including the District Education Officers (DEOs) of Sunsari and Taplejung district were injured when the jeep they were traveling in collided head on with a speeding truck on Koshi higway in Biratnagar Monday morning.

The jeep enroute to Itahari from Biratnagar collided with a truck with number place Lu 1 Kha 2331 coming from the opposite direction and both the vehicles skidded off the road, according to police and local people.

The truck lost control before it hit the jeep with the officers.

The injured were rushed to Birat Nursing Home in Biratnagar following the accident and are currently undergoing treatment there.

The condition of the two of the injured is said to be very critical.