Kaushambi,

24 Feb (HS): Two drivers were killed after a speeding vehicle plowed into a

halted trailer truck from behind on GT Road in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi

district, police reported on Tuesday. An accident occurred midnight near Kasia

Paschim village when a truck traveling from Kanpur to Prayagraj collided with a

trailer parked on the roadside, according to police.

Following

the crash, both drivers became stuck within their automobiles. Police, with the

assistance of local locals, freed them from the crushed lorries, they added. Truck

driver Ajay Kumar (40), a native of Chak Mugal in Fatehpur district, died on the

scene, according to police. According to Station House Officer Chandrabhooshan

Maurya, the trailer driver, Bhavan Bhanwar Singh (45), a native of Bikaner,

Rajasthan, was crushed under the truck.

He

was brought to Kaushambi's district hospital in serious condition, where he

died from injuries, according to the officer. Police have taken both bodies

into custody and sent them for postmortem examinations. Maurya noted that more

legal actions are already underway.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi