Road accident: One dead as oil tanker collides with car

GHARO: The driver of a 22-wheeler oil tanker died and three people were injured when their vehicles collided at National Highway near Gharo on Sunday. The oil tanker was coming from Badin, while the car was going to Thatta. Sunny Shaikh, a clerk at the sessions court in Thatta, a girl, Sabiha, and their driver Mahdev were travelling in a Suzuki Cultus when their car collided with the tanker. According to reports, the tanker overturned and plunged into a roadside ditch. Abdul Ghafoor, the tanker driver, was crushed to death on the spot.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 10^th, 2012.