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2 car occupants die after collision with fuel tanker

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Fire brigade personnel douse the flames after a fire erupted when a fuel tanker collided with a car near Jandiala Guru on Wednesday. Vishal Kumar
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Two car-borne unidentified persons were charred to death after a fuel tanker hit them at Jandiala Guru flyover here today.

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According to eyewitnesses, the tanker lost its balance after one of its tyres burst and then collided with the Brezza car going from Amritsar towards Jalandhar side after jumping over the footpath. The impact was so strong that the car dangled from the flyover after it struck the iron railing of the flyover.

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The unidentified occupants of the car died on the spot while the driver of the tanker fled the scene.

Mukhtar Singh, SHO, Jandiala police station, said that the fire brigade doused the fire. He said efforts were on to identify the occupants of the car. "We have found the licence plate of the car which has a Delhi number. We are trying to approach the Transport officials there to identify the owner of the car," said the SHO while adding that a case been registered against the unknown truck driver.

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The fuel tanker was coming from Jalandhar to Amritsar while the car was going from Amritsar to Jalandhr side.

Davinder Singh, an eyewitness, said the tanker which was coming from Jalandhar side, lost its balance. It jumped on to the footpath and collided with the car coming from the opposite side. The tanker dragged the car and hit the railing. The incident led to severe traffic jam on the highway.

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