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A motortruck operator was burnt live aft 2 trucks collided amid dense fog connected the Agra-Etawah-Kanpur six-lane road here, constabulary said connected Friday (January 2, 2026).
The mishap occurred precocious Thursday (January 1, 2026). nighttime adjacent the Pakka Bagh overbridge connected National Highway-2.
Police said, “A motortruck carrying gypsum from Ahlanabad successful Haryana to Varanasi rammed into different motortruck up of it aft the second abruptly applied brakes amid mediocre visibility owed to dense fog.”
“Following the collision, the motortruck loaded with gypsum caught fire, which rapidly dispersed to the cabin. The operator remained trapped wrong the compartment and was engulfed by flames, resulting successful his decease connected the spot,” constabulary said.
Passersby informed the constabulary and occurrence brigade astir the blaze. Three occurrence tenders were rushed to the spot, and firefighters managed to douse the occurrence aft astir an hr of strenuous efforts. By then, the compartment of the motortruck had been wholly gutted.
“The incidental and consequent firefighting operations led to the disruption of postulation connected the engaged road for respective hours,” constabulary said.
“After the occurrence was extinguished, constabulary recovered the charred remains of the operator from the burnt cabin. The deceased was identified arsenic Jaskirat Singh alias Lovely, a nonmigratory of Sirsa successful Haryana, by the operator of different motortruck travelling behind,” constabulary said.
Police said, “The collision occurred owed to abrupt braking by the motortruck up successful dense fog, leaving the pursuing operator with small clip to react. A crane was aboriginal utilized to region the burnt motortruck from the roadworthy and postulation was restored.”
“The remains of the deceased person been sent for postmortem introspection aft completing indispensable formalities,” constabulary added.
