Bhatkal: Bullet tanker overturns after falling off National Highway
Bhatkal: A bullet tanker which transport gas reportedly overturned after getting off the National Highway 66 near Nishat Hospital in Bhatkal on Wednesday morning.
The incident took place when the driver reportedly lost control over the wheel and the vehicle went off the road.
The Tanker which belongs to Hindustan Petroleum was en route to refill on gas and was reportedly heading towards Mangalore at the time of the accident. Fortunately, the driver of the tanker, Ajay Yadav (25), a resident of Jharkhand, was able to escape harm in the nick of time.
As the place of the accident was close to several homes, a private hospital, a hotel, bank, post office, and a garage, locals have expressed it could have spelled disaster for the surrounding areas, had the tanker contained flammable gas.
Police officials and fire brigade services were on the spot as a precautionary measure and efforts were underway to lift the vehicle.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
