NEW DELHI: The driver and his helper were killed in Delhi early Friday in a fatal accident when their truck carrying iron rods rammed into a furniture factory.
"The driver Arif Ali and the helper Mumtaz Ali succumbed to their injuries in the accident. Both were residents of Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, " said R.P. Meena, DCP South East Delhi.
According to police the truck was coming from Anandmai Marg after it left Okhla industrial area at around 4 a.m. and was headed to a warehouse in Haryana's Palwal.
After reaching the Mehrauli - Badarpur Road in southeast Delhi it lost control and rammed into the furniture factory. There is a possibility that the driver fell asleep at the wheel.