(MENAFN- The Peninsula) At least six people were killed and around 100 others injured when an ammonia gas leaked from a tanker early on Saturday in the district, police said.
The leak occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25 kms from here, they said.
Six people died after inhaling the gas, Doraha Police Station's SHO Rajnish Kumar Sood said, adding, the bodies have been shifted to a hospital in Ludhiana.
He said that around 100 other persons complained of breathing problem due to inhaling of the gas.
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