Ludhiana, May 3 -- A man's leg had to be amputated while his friend suffered severe injuries after an overspeeding truck got entangled in overhead power cables, bringing down a few electricity poles, one of which fell on the duo near Eastman Chowk on Friday night. No case of electrocution or injury due to electric shock was reported, police said.

According to police, the injured, Anwar Ali, a resident of Samrat Colony in Giaspura, and Arun Kumar of Sua Road, Eastman Chowk, were initially rushed to the civil hospital here and later referred to PGIMER in Chandigarh after their condition turned critical.

Police said doctors had to amputate the limb of Arun, while Anwar has sustained critical leg injuries.

In his complaint, Anwar Ali said ...