India, June 7 -- A 22-year-old driver was charred to death on Saturday after he was trapped inside the container truck, which caught fire after hitting an illegally parked truck on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway in Gurugram's Farrukhnagar, police said.

Police identified the victim as Deepu Kumar, originally from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. Police said that the incident happened near Patli Hajipur village on the carriageway leading towards Kundli from Palwal.

According to police, the cabin of the container truck was crushed and caught fire due to the collision's impact, preventing officials from carrying out rescue work.

A senior police officer said that the commuters had alerted the police at 1.20 am.

"However, by the time rescue te...