Mirzapur, April 18 (HS): In Uttar

Pradesh's Mirzapur district, a truck driver carrying groceries from Kolkata to

Madhya Pradesh died after his health deteriorated on the way. The incident

occurred around midnight near Devhat village, in the Drummondganj police

station area. Police sent the body for a post-mortem examination. Station House

Officer Bharat Suman said that 45-year-old Parvez Alam, a resident of Bhopal,

was traveling on the Varanasi-Rewa National Highway when his health suddenly

deteriorated. He parked his truck on the side of the road and alerted a fellow

driver following behind him, but he fell unconscious shortly afterward.

Local resident Suresh Bind called the helpline 112. The PRV team arrived at

the scene and sent him by ambulance to the Primary Health Center in Halia,

where Dr. Vivek Khare declared him dead. According to the doctor, he had died

before reaching the hospital. Fellow driver Mohammad Puranuddin said that the

two were carrying groceries from Kolkata to Jabalpur and Bhopal in separate

trucks. The deceased suffered from diabetes and blood pressure. Police have

sent the body for post-mortem examination and have begun investigating the

case. Police have informed the family about the incident.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi