ALWAR: Three people were burned alive when a pickup truck collided with another truck and caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Alwar, police said on Wednesday.
According to the officials, a pickup truck was travelling from Delhi towards Jaipur on the expressway when the accident occurred at channel number 131.5, under the Raini police station of Alwar.
The pickup truck collided with a truck ahead of it, and the impact caused sparks, which quickly ignited the vehicle, turning it into a ball of fire.
Upon receiving the information, the police arrived at the scene, along with the fire department officials, and attempted to extinguish the fire.
A team from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) also arrived at the scene. They rescued the people inside the pickup truck. There were four people in the pickup truck, three of whom were severely burned. All were taken to the Raini hospital, where three of them succumbed to their injuries. The seriously injured driver was immediately referred to Jaipur for treatment.