Kaushambi (UP), February 24 Two truck drivers were killed after a speeding truck collided with a stationary truck from behind on the GT Road in Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
The accident occurred around 11 pm on Monday near Kasia Paschim village when a truck travelling from Kanpur towards Prayagraj collided with a trailer parked on the roadside, police said.
Following the collision, both drivers were trapped inside their respective vehicles. Police, with the help of local villagers, rescued them from the mangled trucks, they added.
Truck driver Ajay Kumar (40), a resident of Chak Mugal in Fatehpur district, died on the spot, police said.
Station House Officer Chandrabhooshan Maurya said the trailer driver, Bhavan Bhanwar Singh (45), a resident of Bikaner in Rajasthan, was crushed under the vehicle.
He was rushed to the district hospital in Kaushambi in a critical condition, where he later succumbed to injuries, the officer said.
Police have taken both bodies into custody and sent them for postmortem examination. Further legal proceedings are underway, Maurya added.