A 40-year-old Nepali migrant worker has died in a road accident in Qatar.

The deceased has been identified as Lila Jung Gurung of Dordi Rural Municipality-9 in Lamjung district. Gurung had been working as a driver in Al Fateh Transport Company in Qatar for the past six years.

He was killed when his truck crashed with an oncoming vehicle on July 30, according to Bishnulal Shrestha, chairperson of the Qatar-based Lamjung Society.

Shrestha said Gurung’s body was being kept at the Doha-based Hamad Hospital and that preparations were underway to send the body to Nepal.

Gurung is survived by his wife and their two children.