Overloaded Truck Mounts Divider And Topples Onto SUV in UP, One Dead

An overloaded truck carrying wood shavings lost balance after mounting a road divider and overturned onto a Bolero SUV on the Delhi-Nainital highway here, flattening the vehicle and instantly killing its driver, police said on Monday.

The accident, which highlights the precarious driving conditions on many of India's roads, occurred near Pahari Gate crossing in Rampur on Sunday evening when the Bolero was turning at a highway cut.

According to police and a video of the



incident that later went viral, the truck driver swerved to avoid the SUV, climbed onto the divider and toppled, falling directly onto the Bolero and flattening it within seconds.

The driver of the SUV, identified as Firasat Khan, a resident of Gujjar Tola, was trapped inside the mangled vehicle and died instantly. 

His body was stuck in the steering wheel and had to be retrieved by cutting the vehicle open after a prolonged rescue operation involving cranes and bulldozers.