India, Dec. 27 -- In a tragic road accident, two truck drivers lost their lives after a head-on collision between two heavy vehicles triggered a massive fire at Chunaghati on National Highway-520 in Odisha's Sundargarh district early on Saturday.

Deadly collision in wee hours According to reports, a dump truck and a coal-laden truck collided head-on at Kundurupani Chhak in the accident-prone Chunaghati stretch under K. Balang police limits at around 2 am. The impact was so severe that both vehicles caught fire immediately.

Vehicles reduced to ashes The blaze rapidly engulfed the trucks, leaving them completely gutted. Fire services personnel from Koida, along with local police, rushed to the spot and managed to bring the fire under cont...