Digboi, Sept. 17 -- Daulat Phukan, a 19-year-old youth from Pengaree, died at a private hospital in Dibrugarh on Wednesday.

He was undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in a road accident on September 14.

His brother, Ratul Phukan, confirmed the news from the hospital on Wednesday morning.

According to family members, Daulat had fallen from a scoty and hit an exposed portion of an under-construction culvert at Bapapung, along the Digboi-Mohong road via Pengaree-Bordumsa.

He was first taken to Digboi CHC, later referred to Tinsukia Medical College, and finally shifted to Dibrugarh Assam Medical College, where he underwent brain surgery on September 15.

He was subsequently moved to a private hospital, where he passed away this mo...