India, June 9 -- A 25-year-Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer was killed and a 28-year-old man was severely injured after a car collided head-on with their motorcycle on a single-lane road in a rural area in Jewar, Greater Noida, on Saturday morning, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred because the car driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel, said police, adding that was arrested at the scene and his vehicle was seized.

The deceased, Sheespal Singh, a resident of Hasanpur village in Dankaur, Greater Noida, was posted at Parliament House in Delhi and had taken a day off to visit home, police said. The injured man was identified as Singh's relative, Jitendra Singh.

"The accident took place at 8am when Jitendra Sing...