India, Aug. 20 -- Three men died on Wednesday when two speeding trucks burst into flames after a head-on collision on Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi-Unnao Road in Unnao district early on Wednesday.

Police said the deceased were identified as Mahipal and Pawan Yadav, the drivers of the two vehicles, and Sumit, a cleaner with one of the trucks. A third person travelling in the truck, Sonu, survived with injuries after he managed to jump out of the vehicle just in time. Sonu has sustained injuries to his leg and has been admitted to the Unnao district hospital.

Unnao superintendent of police (SP) Deepak Bhuker said they had retrieved the charred bodies from the driver's cabin of the two vehicles and sent them for autopsy.

Local residents said the...