LPG tanker topples on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway; traffic hit for 10 hours

The movement of vehicles on National Highway 75 connecting Mangaluru with Bengaluru was hit for nearly 10 hours after a LPG- laden tanker toppled at Soorikumeru in Bantwal taluk in the wee hours of Tuesday.

The traffic was restored and normalcy returned on the highway by 2 pm.

The tanker was bound for Bengaluru from Mangaluru when the mishap occurred.

The movement of vehicles on the highway from Mani to Kalladka was suspended and diverted to an alternative route as a precautionary measure. Vehicles from Mangaluru were diverted to move on the Kalladka-Vittal- Ananthadi road.

Those coming from Bengaluru and Uppinangady were diverted to move on the Mani-Budoli-Kabaka stretch.