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Trawler-oil tanker collide in Karachi, liters of oil spilled on road

Despite traffic police's prohibition, citizens continued to collect oil

GNN Web Desk
Published a month ago on Dec 7th 2024, 10:42 am
By Web Desk
Trawler-oil tanker collide in Karachi, liters of oil spilled on road

Karachi: A collision between a high-speed trawler and an oil tanker on the famous Neti Jetty Bridge in the Kemari area of ​​Karachi and thousands of liters of oil spilled onto the road.

After the accident that occurred to the oil tanker, citizens rushed to collect oil in drums. Several people fell and were injured due to slipping in the incident.

The track to Maripur remained completely closed. Despite the traffic police's prohibition, citizens continued to collect oil.

The police took the trawler and the oil tanker into custody and started investigating the incident.

Traffic police officials say that there is traffic pressure, they are present to maintain the flow due to the road closure. Heavy traffic leaving the port is on the Neti Jetty Bridge and traffic on the most important highway has been jammed for several hours since the accident on the bridge and long queues of vehicles have formed.

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