India, Sept. 30 -- Two people died after the pickup van in which they were travelling rear ended an illegally parked truck on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway at Firozpur Jhirka in Nuh, police said on Tuesday.

The deceased persons were identified as Ram Bhan, 40, of Wajidpur in Karauli, Rajasthan and Sandeep Jha, 26, of Brijpatti in Madhubani, Bihar.

As per police, the accident took place on early Monday morning when Bhan was returning to his residence in Okhla, Delhi, from his village with grains and cereals in the hired van driven by Jha.

Krishan Kumar, public relations officer of Nuh police, said that as soon as the van reached near the Ghata village, it collided with the illegally parked truck.

"The truck driver might not have kept any...