Daltonganj: A 28-year-old truck driver was killed when a stone chip-laden vehicle crashed into a roadside tree at Kudaga village under Chainpur police station limits around 10.30pm on Wednesday, police said.Chainpur police station officer in charge Lalji said the cleaner was driving the truck while driver Pankaj Prajapati, a resident of Semri Khurd village in Bishrampur block, was seated beside him. The cleaner survived the crash.The vehicle was travelling from Kurso stone quarry to a housing colony in Daltonganj when the accident occurred. The impact caused a large tree branch to pierce the cabin. Rescuers cut the branch to extricate Prajapati’s body.
