Kathmandu, August 28:

Fifteen persons were injured when a truck, heading for Kathmandu from Dakshinkali, overturned at Chobhar this afternoon, police said.

According to the police, Purna Bahadur Balami, Min Bahadur Bir and Govinda Pulami were seriously injured, while the rest have returned home after preliminary treatment at the Bir Hospital in the capital. Gajendra Lama, the driver of the truck, is absconding.