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Oil tanker overturns on Airport Road

  • Published at 09:15 pm March 5th, 2018
  • Last updated at 09:17 pm March 5th, 2018
Oil tanker overturns on Airport Road
An oil tanker filled to the brim with oil capsized on Airport Road in Dhaka on Monday. The truck was carrying hundreds of litres of oil. Nure Azam Mia, officer-in-charge of Airport police station, said the incident took place around 12:30pm when the tanker driver lost control of the steering at the intersection in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, overturning the truck. [caption id="attachment_250747" align="aligncenter" width="800"] The cost of the fuel lost has not been revealed yet Focus Bangla[/caption] Police and a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and used a wrecker to remove the tanker around 5pm. Afterwards, firefighters helped remove the oil spill from the road. The incident made traffic quite difficult on the Airport Road. The cost of the fuel lost could not be ascertained.