Overview
- The victims were identified as Abinesh S, 26, of Tirupur, and Madhav Ramanujan, 29, of Tirunelveli, who were employed on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
- The collision occurred near Dhaula Bridge on the Delhi–Dehradun highway around 2 a.m. Monday as the pair returned to their rooms in Muzaffarnagar.
- Police said the truck driver fled, and an FIR was filed under BNS sections 281 and 106 against an unidentified suspect.
- Officers reported the two were taken to hospital in critical condition and were declared dead, and their families later took the bodies to Tamil Nadu for last rites.
- A company official said Abinesh worked as a testing engineer and Ramanujan as a freight engineer, with both serving on the corridor project for about three years.