KATHMANDU, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were killed when a jeep skidded off the highway and plunged off the mountain in eastern Nepal on Friday, local authorities said.

The jeep en route to Salleri of Solukhumbu district from Necha slipped off the highway at Tingla area, local police officer Pradhumna Kumar Adhikari told the media.

The killed included three men, three women and a child, the official said.

Poor condition of roads and ill-maintained vehicles are blamed for frequent road accidents in mostly mountainous Nepal, local media reported.