High-tension wire kills man, reduces vehicles to ashes

Ghaziabad, February 01: One person was burnt alive and two vehicles reduced to ashes when a high-tension electricity wire collapsed at a petrol pump in the district, police said today.

Sachin, the deceased, was sleeping inside a vehicle parked close to Reliance Petrol Pump last night when the incident took place in Chhapraula town, they said.

A case of negligence has been registered against the electricity department and the petrol pump owner.

–Agencies