A tempo driver was burnt alive as his vehicle laden with chickens caught fire after hitting a truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
According to the police, the accident occurred at Borghat in Khopoli around 4am.
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The tempo laden with chickens, heading towards Mumbai, dashed into a truck in front of it and caught fire, an official said.
The driver was trapped and was charred to death, he said.
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Police and rescue teams cut through metal to extricate the driver's body, the official said.
One person was injured in the incident and was rushed to a hospital, he said.
A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, and a probe is on, he added.
