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Truck and DCM collided late Saturday night near Majhila bridge on Bilgram road in Sursa police station area of Hardoi district. The drivers of both the vehicles died on the spot in the accident. Police reached the information and informed the family members and sent the dead bodies for postmortem.
Ashok Pandey (45), a resident of Mahura village under Jhina police station of Chandausi, was a truck driver. On Saturday night he was going to Kannauj to unload rice at Hardoi Mandi and load potatoes. The truck collided with the DCM coming from the front at Majhila Pul turn on the Hardoi-Bilgram road. Truck driver Ashok and DCM driver Amit Singh (38), a resident of Majkhoria village under Makhi police station of Unnao, died on the spot in the accident.
The DCM overturned after the collision. The helper of the truck narrowly survived the accident. On information, the police took out the bodies of the drivers from both the vehicles with the help of passers-by. SO OP Singh told that the accident happened due to high speed. The relatives of both have been informed.