Barmer, March 13 -- A man was burnt alive and another was injured after two trailers collided head-on and caught fire late Thursday night in the Swaroopganj area of Rajasthan's Sirohi district, police said.

The accident occurred on the Udaipur-Palanpur four-lane highway near the Swaroopganj Dak Bungalow.

According to preliminary information, a trailer coming from Pindwara crossed the divider and moved onto the wrong side of the highway, where it collided with another trailer approaching from Abu Road.The impact was so severe that the cabins of both vehicles caught fire immediately after the collision, police said.

The driver of one trailer was trapped inside the cabin and burnt alive. The driver of the other trailer, Babulal (25), a re...