Ghaziabad, Sept. 30 -- A 42-year-old van driver was killed and six passengers were injured after their vehicle crashed into the rear of a moving truck on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway near Bhojpur in Ghaziabad late Monday evening, police said on Tuesday.

Police identified the driver as Kafeel Ahmad, 42, and said he was ferrying passengers from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi and Gurugram when the crash took place around 7.50pm.

The six injured passengers were identified as Mohammad Danish, 23, Mohammad Naved, 22, Mohammad Arif, 34, Ahad, 16, Mohammad Amir, 25, and Mohammad Faiz, 18. Police said all six passengers and Ahmad were residents of Bijnor.

"The van, with seven people including the driver on board, crashed into the rear of a tru...