Collisions: Eleven injured in road accident, five critical

Two oil tankers and a van collide trying to avoid motorcyclist.

MULTAN:

Eleven people were injured on Monday when two oil tankers collided in Muzaffargarh while trying to avoid a motorcyclist. A passenger van, following the oil tankers, then ran into them. The oil tankers caught fire and it took six hours to put out the blaze.

The injured were taken to district headquarters hospital, where five of them were reported to be in a critical condition.

Rescue 1122 officials said that one of the oil tankers skidded off the National Highway as the driver tried to avoid a man on a bike. Another oil tanker ran into it from behind, causing an explosion. Just then, they said, a passenger van ran into the tankers.

Eleven people, including the two tanker drivers and the motorcyclist, were injured and taken to the DHQ hospital.

Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Akbar said that the tanker drivers and the motorcyclist had suffered burns and were in critical condition. Of the eight injured passengers, two were reported to be in a critical condition.

Electricity wires at the accident scene were broken and the power supply to the adjacent areas remained suspended for hours.

District emergency officer Dr Irshad Ahmed said each tanker contained 40,000 litres of petrol.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2012.