According to officials, the truck carrying around 1,600 chickens was heading to the Vasant Vihar area when the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit an excavator parked at the roadside for repair work.
The impact left the truck driver and two co-passengers trapped inside the cabin, and they were extricated from the mangled vehicle after an hour-long operation, they said.
Firefighters, police, and disaster response teams were at the scene.
The injured, Abdul Barik (40), Faizul Ali (30), and Rajesh Goud (27), were admitted to a civic hospital, officials said. PTI COR ARU