Truck Driver Charred to Death in Fiery Agra-Kanpur Highway Crash Amid Dense Fog

• A truck driver was burnt alive after two trucks collided on the Agra-Etawah-Kanpur six-lane highway (NH-2) near Pakka Bagh overbridge late Thursday night.
• The accident occurred due to dense fog and sudden braking by the truck ahead, causing the following truck, carrying gypsum from Ahlanabad, Haryana to Varanasi, to ram into it.
• The gypsum-laden truck caught fire, trapping driver Jaskirat Singh alias Lovely from Sirsa, Haryana, inside the cabin, leading to his death on the spot.
• Three fire tenders doused the blaze after an hour, but the truck's cabin was completely gutted; traffic was disrupted for several hours.
• Police identified the deceased driver and sent his charred remains for postmortem after restoring traffic with a crane.

Why It Matters: Dense fog and sudden braking led to a fatal truck collision and fire on Agra-Kanpur highway.