Two trucks collide, driver burnt alive

PRAYAGRAJ, April 21 (HS): A driver was burnt alive after two trucks caught fire following a head-on collision in the intervening around 2.30 am on Tuesday near Katra Medniganj Crossing under Kotwali police station of Pratapgarh. According to police, the trucks bearing Haryana and Punjab registrations collided caught fire after the collision. The trucks further pushed a stationery pick up van and rammed into an electric pole. “Some people, who rushed with mud and buckets of water to douse the fire, informed police. A police team and a fire tender rushed to the spot and contained the fire after hectic efforts. Severely burnt two persons were found in the pick up van who have been admitted to the hospital and are in critical condition,” said a senior police officer.
“We called up owners of the trucks using the registration numbers who helped us to identify the bodies. The relatives of the deceased have been intimated and bodies were handed over to them after autopsy,” the officer added. The collision was so massive that the deceased, who was driving the truck, got stuck in the cabin and was charred to death after it caught fire.