India, March 19 -- Four men were injured after a speeding truck rammed their government vehicle during a checking drive on Southern Peripheral Road near Sector 77 in Gurugram early Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

Police said the incident took place between 1am and 1.05am when a team of the excise and taxation department was conducting checks on commercial vehicles on the SPR. The truck hit their government vehicle, a Mahindra Scorpio, causing it to overturn.

The injured were identified as assistant excise taxation officer Mahim Sharma, excise and taxation department employees Desh Raj and Umesh Kumar, and police head constable Krishan Kumar, officers added. They said that following the collision, the overturned vehicle trapped all fo...