Noida, Feb. 10 -- Four truck drivers who stopped on the Delhi-Meerut-Expressway (DME) to rescue the driver of an accident-hit pick-up truck were hit by a truck laden with vegetables, killing two of them and leaving three with severe injuries, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday on the fast lane of DME, they added. All five vehicles involved in the accident were towed to the Sector 58 police station and a case of causing death by negligence is being registered, police said.

The deceased were identified as Devendra, 34, a resident of Shahjahanpur, and Govind, 35, a resident of Azamgarh. The injured - Virendra, 24, a resident of Shahjahanpur, Sahil, in his 20s, a resident of B...