Ghaziabad: A pickup van rammed into a stationary vehicle on NH-9 early on Monday, crushing its front cabin and trapping two men inside the mangled wreckage. Fire brigade personnel used hydraulic cutters and spreaders to cut through the twisted metal and prise it apart, finally freeing the injured men and rushing them to hospital.The accident occurred around 5:40 am on Delhi-Hapur flyover near Masuri. An Ultra Magic pickup (DL1LAQ 0146), travelling from Shahjahanpur towards Delhi, rammed into a stationary Ashok Leyland pickup (DL1LAF 8534) that was heading from Bijnor to Delhi.The impact crushed the front engine section of the moving vehicle inwards, trapping Sunil Kumar (driver) and Jogendra Singh (cleaner), both residents of Ghaziabad, inside the cabin. The mangled metal left them unable to get out on their own.Saurabh Singh, chief fire officer, said Kotwali fire station received information about the crash and immediately dispatched a rescue team with hydraulic cutting and spreading equipment.“When the rescue team reached the spot, both persons were badly trapped in the cabin wreckage and were groaning in pain,” Singh said.The fire department team carefully cut through the damaged metal and used spreaders to prise it apart, creating enough space to extricate the men. Both were taken to hospital, where their condition was said to be stable.The driver of the stationary pickup, Tahsim Ahmad, escaped without injuries.Sunil Kumar, ACP of Masuri, said an initial inquiry suggested that Ahmad had pulled over on the highway to urinate just minutes before the collision. No complaint had been received in the case till Monday evening.