Commuters heading on the Masab Tank stretch were left stranded in a huge traffic jam as a negligent driver caused an oil spill on Wednesday morning. The driver of the vehicle was booked for negligence as four of the seven plastic barrels of engine oil was spilled on the busy road, causing inconvenience to people, besides injuring a few bikers who skidded off the road.
Officials from the Asif Nagar traffic police said that at around 5:30 a.m., Abhimanyu, 30, the driver of a lorry, was carrying engine oil in seven plastic barrels, weighing about 18 tonnes. Of the seven, around four barrels fell off the road and spilled oil across half-a-kilometre near NMDC, Masab Tank.
“The driver was trying to take a left turn on the curved road at a high speed when the oil barrels, which were not strapped properly, fell on the road. Within half-an-hour, the local patrol team reached the spot, followed by other traffic officials, who coordinated with the GHMC authorities to fix the mess,” said the inspector of Asif Nagar Traffic police, G. Kashi
