One killed in tanker-truck collision

Anand, Mar 15 (UNI) An oil tanker driver was burnt to death and two others were injured when the tanker was hit from behind by a tempo after a head-on collision with another truck earlier, near Asodhar Char Rasta, 15 kms away from Anand, in the wee hours of today.

Police sources said the incident occured on the National Highway No 8 when the oil tanker, on its way from Baroda to Vidyanagar, collided head-on with a truck. The empty tanker caught fire after the accident when a tempo hit it from behind.

Due to the impact of the accident, oil tanker driver Pradip Saroj (40), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, who stuck inside the truck cabin was charred to death.

Two others, who tried to rescue the tanker driver immediately after the accident, received burn injuries. Both of them have been admitted to a local hospital.

UNI