Overview

• Two heavy vehicles collided head-on near the Murray Company Turn on the Hardoi–Unnao Road early Wednesday in Unnao district.
• The impact triggered a massive explosion and both vehicles were quickly engulfed, with eyewitnesses reporting flames reaching about 15 feet.
• Police identified the dead as drivers Mahipal and Pawan Yadav and cleaner Sumit, while a second cleaner, Sonu, escaped with leg injuries and was hospitalized.
• Fire and police crews worked for roughly three hours to douse the blaze and remove the wreckage, and traffic was restored by around 6 am.
• Authorities retrieved the charred bodies from the cabins and sent them for post-mortem as investigators verify details of the hazardous load and determine how the collision occurred.