Three killed, two injured as NATO tanker falls on car in Chaman

CHAMAN: At least three people have been killed and two others injured when an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan fell on a car in Qila Abdullah Chaman district on Thursday.

"The NATO fuel tanker fell on the car near Saranan area lying between Quetta and Chaman on national highway," police said. The Levies Force rushed to the scene and rescued the injured.

The dead include man and his wife and their one relative. The wounded had been taken to Pishin hospital. The ill-fated dead couple belonged to Karachi and they were going to Pishin to offer Fateha on the death of their relative. The Levies Force was looking into the incident.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011