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Tanker overturns in Punjab, three killed

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010, 22:43 IST | Place: Faridkot (Punjab) | Agency: PTI

Three people were killed and seven injured when an oil tanker overturned and burst into flames which engulfed five vehicles on Mukatsar-Ferozepur road.

Three people were killed and seven injured when an oil tanker overturned and burst into flames which engulfed five vehicles on Mukatsar-Ferozepur road here today.
     
The tanker, on way to Ferozpur, overturned near Sadiq Nagar and caught fire, police said.
     
The fire also engulfed five vehicles -- two motorcycles, a truck, a jeep and a car -- gutting them completely, they said.
     
Three people, including a woman, were killed and seven injured, two of them seriously, in the accident, police said.