A person was killed after an ethanol tanker collided with a lorry transporting iron coils in Hanwada Mandal of Mahbubnagar district, Telangana, according to a fire official at the scene, as per the media report.
The official said the victim, identified as Niranjanappa, died on the spot. The accident occurred around 12:05 a.m. on the intervening night of November 26 and 27 at Pilligundu Thanda, a village in Mahbubnagar. A fire engine was dispatched to extinguish the resulting blaze.
This incident follows another collision reported in the same district on November 20, when between 32 and 45 passengers on a private bus narrowly escaped harm after the vehicle collided with a chemical tanker on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru National Highway (NH 44) near Macharam in Jadcherla mandal.
Following that crash, hydraulic acid leaked from the tanker, creating a thick plume of smoke. Two fire engines reached the spot and brought the situation under control, and no casualties were reported, according to police.
On the day of that incident, a Jadcherla police official stated: “Early this morning, a collision occurred between a tanker carrying hydraulic acid and a private travel bus. After the crash, the acid leaked, and two fire vehicles arrived at the scene and controlled the smoke. A total of 32 to 45 passengers were in the bus, and all are safe with no casualties. The bus and the tanker were travelling from Kurnool to Hyderabad.”
