India, May 21 -- One person was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday morning when a speeding truck rammed into an autorickshaw on Gandhari bridge in Kalyan. The driver of the truck who had allegedly fallen asleep has been booked for rash driving and he will be arrested once he is discharged from hospital, said police.

According to the police, the accident occurred around 6am when the speeding truck veered into the wrong lane and collided head-on with an autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction. While the auto was crushed due to the impact, the truck broke through the bridge's railing and plunged into the Ulhas river.

Among the three persons who were present in the auto when the accident occurred, Mangal Wankhede, a domes...