By: Sarwar Alam
An oil tanker overturned and burst into flames as crowds rushed to collect fuel that spilled over on a highway in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, killing over 150 people and injuring more than 140 others, in one of the deadliest accidents in the country. The oil tanker coming from Karachi and headed to Lahore overturned early this morning on the national highway at the Ahmedpur Sharqia area of the Bahawalpur district, some 400 km from Lahore, after a tyre burst and the driver lost control. The fire was apparently caused by someone who lit a cigarette after people from nearby localities…
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