India, Nov. 17 -- A 29-year-old man was killed after a pickup van allegedly being driven in the wrong direction ploughed into his car on a connecting road of the Dwarka Expressway in Sector 103 early Sunday, the Gurugram police said.

Police identified the deceased as Ravi Kumar, a property dealer with an office along the expressway and a resident of a society in Sector 102.

Officers said Kumar was returning home from his office when the crash occurred between 1.30am and 2am. He had travelled barely 300 metres when a pickup van coming from the opposite direction rammed his Kia car. The impact wrecked the vehicle beyond recognition, killing Kumar on the driver's seat.

Some commuters alerted the police control room. Rescue workers pulled ...