Nagpur, Apr 10 (PTI) A 53-year-old ambulance driver was killed when iron rods sticking out of a truck pierced through him after an accident involving the two vehicles on the Nagpur-Jabalpur highway in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.

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The incident occurred near Deolapar village on early Saturday morning. The deceased is identified as Gopalprasad Sarathe, a resident of Seoni in Madhya Pradesh.

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The truck driver was arrested for negligent driving, a police official said.

The official said Sarathe couldn't control the speed of the ambulance which hit the truck carrying iron rods and grocery material from behind.

A case has been registered, the official added.

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