Police said truck driven by Laxman Yadav was coming from the border and it hit another truck that was coming from Mukarba Chowk and turning towards Lavanya farmhouse, near Shani Mandir in Alipur, around 4.35 am. It also hit a PCR van injuring two policemen.
Eye witnesses told police, that Laxman jumped out of his truck after the accident and tried to flee from the spot. Meanwhile, the other truck that he had hit came from behind and crushed him under its rear wheel.
A case was registered under charges of rash driving and causing death by negligence at Alipur police station and driver of the other truck Jagdish Chand as well as cleaner of the deceased driver's truck were questioned by the police, said a senior police officer.
Jagdish Prasad has been arrested, he added.
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