An overloaded truck carrying wood shavings lost balance after mounting a road divider and overturned onto a Bolero SUV on the Delhi-Nainital highway in Rampur, completely crushing the vehicle and its driver on the spot, police said on Monday (December 29, 2025).
The accident occurred near Pahari Gate crossing in Rampur on Sunday (December 28) evening when the Bolero was turning at a highway cut.
According to police and a video of the incident that later went viral, the truck driver swerved to avoid the SUV, climbed onto the divider and toppled, falling directly onto the Bolero and flattening it within seconds.
The driver of the SUV, identified as Firasat Khan, a resident of Gujjar Tola, was trapped inside the mangled vehicle and died instantly. His body was stuck in the steering wheel and had to be retrieved by cutting the vehicle open after a prolonged rescue operation involving cranes and bulldozers.
Police said the Bolero, which bore an Uttar Pradesh Government plate, was engaged by the electricity department and was being used by Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Nagendra Kumar posted at the Khod sub-station. Only the driver was inside the SUV at the time of the accident.
