Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, November 13: An Oil Tanker of “Sheikh Farooq Trading Company” overturned on 9th of November at Beach Dera. The tanker lost nearly 5600 litres of Diesel in it.
As per reports, the incident took place at 10:30 pm at Beach Dera nearly 5kms from Ferrargunj when the driver of the truck was trying to negotiate with a herd of cow on the narrow road. According to the owner of the company due to slippery road because of rains, the driver lost control and the truck overturned. Luckily no one was injured in the accident.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha owner of Sheikh Farooq Trading Company, Mr Sheikh Farooq clarified that the driver had no fault and he was not under influence of liquor. “He is a very senior driver of our company,” he said.
“I humbly request the administration to broaden the road as it’s a National Highway NH4 but it looks like a CC Footpath, any future loss will be reimbursed but life cannot,” Mr Farooq added.
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