Farmer killed in road accident

A 55-year-old farmer was killed after a truck collided with his loaded tractor on Meerut-Karnal highway here, police said today.

The accident occurred yesterday when Ishvar Dayal Tyagi was transporting his sugarcane on a tractor to a mill, a police official said.

Irate locals blocked the highway in protest. However, police rushed to the spot and pacified them.

In another incident, Rohit (15) was killed when a tractor overturned on him at a village here yesterday. The victim was working in the fields when the accident occurred.