Bhubaneswar: A chemical-loaded tanker collided with a container truck in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district Thursday, following which the two vehicles fell into a gorge and caught fire, killing both the drivers, police said.
The incident happened at Bangiriposi ghat, they said.
The chemical tanker first caught fire after falling into the 15-foot-deep gorge, and soon the blaze engulfed the container truck too, they added.
After four hours of fire-fighting, the charred bodies of the two drivers were recovered, said Kamalakanta Das, the officer in charge of the Bangriposi police station.
PTI