Angul: Drivers of two trucks and a pickup van escaped narrowly as the vehicles went up in flames after a series of collisions on National Highway 149 in Odisha’s Angul district on Monday morning.
According to sources, a trailer, carrying heavy pipes, from Pallahara to Talcher collided head-on with a truck, owing to dense fog and low visibility, around 6 am. The two vehicles were soon engulfed in flames. A pickup van also caught fire after crashing into the two burning vehicles on the highway.
Fire Service personnel from Pallahara soon reached the spot and doused the flames.