Oil tanker blast kills 2 in SW China
(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-11-22 00:58CHENGDU - Two people have been killed in a road accident that involved an oil tanker and a car on an expressway in southwest China's Sichuan Province, fire fighters said Wednesday.
The accident occurred at around 9 p.m. on the expressway linking Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, and Qionglai City in the same province, the sources said.
An initial investigation showed that the oil tanker caught fire and exploded after it collided with a Corolla sedan and overturned, the sources said.
Two people in the sedan have been confirmed dead. The condition of the oil tanker driver is not immediately known.
The fire fighters have brought the fire under control by mid-night, the sources said, adding that a further investigation is under way.
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