9 killed after tanker collides with truck

Nine persons were charred to death in a fire that broke out following a collision between a diesel-laden tanker and a truck carrying wood on the outskirts of Chandrapur city of Maharashtra, a police official said on Friday.

The accident occurred on Thursday around 10.30 pm on Chandrapur-Mul Road, he said.

A tanker loaded with diesel collided with a truck transporting logs of wood close to Ajaypur near Chandrapur city. After the accident, a fire broke out in which nine persons were charred to death on the spot, Chandrapur’s Sub Divisional Police Officer, Sudhir Nandanwar, said.

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