Road accident near Kiev: a tanker with liquid nitrogen overturned due to a collision with a ZIL
On the Odessa highway near Kiev in the village of Glevakha, a fuel tanker and a ZIL truck collided.
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dtp.kiev reported this on its Facebook page , as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Two cars collided: a fuel tanker and a ZIL. As a result of the incident, the fuel tanker turned over on its side,” the report says.
It is clarified that patrol police and rescuers are working at the scene of the accident.
“The passage is practically blocked,” the message also notes.
As the head of the Communications Department of the National Police in the Kyiv region, Nikolai Zhukovich, clarified, the tanker truck that overturned was transporting liquid nitrogen.
“There is no leak. State Emergency Service units are working on the spot, and the police are providing traffic control,” Zhukovich said.
According to him, it was previously established that the accident occurred due to the fact that the driver of the ZIL did not allow the tank to pass when leaving the secondary road.
English version :: Read in English: Accident near Kyiv: A tanker truck carrying liquid nitrogen overturned after colliding with a ZIL truck