India, Aug. 12 -- A late-night rescue turned tragic on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway when a 32-year-old Ghaziabad police head constable was killed after a police response vehicle (PRV) was rear-ended by a truck, officers said Monday.

The PRV had gone to attend to and help two injured passengers of a Thar which had hit the central verge.

Officers said head constable Anuj Chaudhary, and constable Pankaj Singh, 28, were on-duty on the PRV when they received a call at 12.12am that a Thar SUV, headed to Meerut, had hit the central verge of the expressway, and its passengers required help.

The accident took place near the Amrala underpass area on the Ghaziabad-Meerut carriageway of the DME near Bhojpur, they added.

"Both the constables visite...