Kota, Oct. 9 -- Two people were killed and more than four others injured in a multi-vehicle pileup on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Kota district early Friday, with police suspecting that a truck parked on the highway for nearly two days triggered the accident.

The collision occurred between Rajasthan 's Balapur and Gopalpura, police said. The injured were taken to hospital for treatment.

Kaithoon station house officer Manoj Sikarwar said a truck travelling from Delhi towards Mumbai was parked along the expressway due to a technical fault. A team of mechanics had reached the spot in a Bolero to repair it when two trucks approaching from behind at high speed allegedly rammed into the stationary truck and the utility vehicle,...