Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed when the vehicle that they were travelling in skidded on the highway near Sonepat in Haryana, police said.
Three other CRPF personnel were injured in the accident near Murthal in the district. They were taken to a nearby hospital.
The two troopers were escorting former MP, MA Madani from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur.
Police officials said that the vehicle carrying the security personnel skidded due to potatoes, which spilled from an overturned lorry, lying on the Delhi-Panipat highway.