Kanpur: Three people were died in a head-on collision between a truck and a trailer on the Kanpur-Hamirpur highway here on Sunday morning, police said.
Both vehicles caught fire after the collision. While, the drivers and a helper were burnt alive, said Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Outer) Ashtbhuja Singh.
The deadly crash led to a kilometre-long traffic jam, he let out.
The deceased were identified as Mahesh (45), alias Rudrapal, and Ankit Pal (25) of Fatehpur, and Kanchedi Kushwaha (45), all of them belonged to Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh, the police said, adding that a cleaner on board the truck had a narrow escape.
Singh said fire tenders were called in to douse the fire.
