KATHMANDU: A truck driver who was seriously injured in the Thursday petrol bomb attack in Simara-9 of Bara district died at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu on Sunday morning.
The victim has been identified as Raju Chhetri of Nijghad-5. He breathed his last at the Maharajgunj-based hospital during the course of treatment, TUTH source confirmed.
Chhetri who had suffered severe burn injuries was ferried to Kathmandu in a very critical condition.
Three persons, including driver Chhetri, were injured after an unidentified person hurled petrol bomb on the moving truck (Na 1 Kha 5697) at the Dudhaura Bridge along the Pathlaiya-Nijgadh road section on Thursday, the fourth day of general strike called by the poll-opposing parties, led CPN-Maoist.
The injured were airlifted to the Capital and admitted at TUTH for treatment.
The condition of other two is also said to be critical.
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