LAHORE – An oil tanker gets stuck while passing through Waris Meer Underpass here on Monday evening, causing traffic mess at Canal Road and adjoining roads, local media reported.
Rescue 1122, traffic and district administration reached the spot and started an operation to remove the tanker.
The incident took place when the oil tanker of a private company, carrying 50,000-litre petrol, got stuck while trying to use the underpass near the Punjab University.
The tanker driver had ignored the signboard warning about the height limit and tried to pass through the underpass. But the vehicle got stuck. The driver tried to reverse the tanker but failed to do so and it damaged and oil started spilling on the road.
A traffic jam was witnessed on Canal Road as traffic coming from Thokar Niaz Baig went out of the gear, resulting in very long lines of vehicles that extended for miles.
The city district authorities, traffic police and Rescue 1122 officials reached the spot. They managed to divert the traffic to alternate route by blocking an underpass near Jinnah Hospital. However, before they made the move, hundreds of vehicles were already stuck on Canal Road. The blockade of the city’s main artery led to massive traffic jams on connecting roads. The commuters on Canal Road remained stuck for more than four hours.
