India, July 22 -- A 28-year-old truck driver died and another person was wounded in Greater Noida early on Tuesday after an truck laden with iron rebars fell into an open drain, and crashed into a power transformer in an attempt to avoid collision with another vehicle in Chapraula, officials said. The force of the rebars in the truck's bay so severe that it broke through the driver's cabin.

The body of the deceased, Amir (single name), a resident of Bulandshahr, could be retrieved from the mangled truck after nearly two hours, said officials.

According to police, the truck, carrying over 100 iron rebars, was travelling from Dadri, Greater Noida, towards Lal Kuan in Ghaziabad when it veered into an open drain before crashing into the tra...