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<div>A truck driver died after his vehicle came into contact with high-tension electric wires and caught fire, police said on Sunday.</div>
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<div>The incident took place near the outskirts of Gill village on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla highway on Saturday night.</div>
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<div>The driver of the 16-tyre truck, identified as Harvinder Singh, could not come out and died inside the vehicle, police said.</div>
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