Bhubaneswar, Dec. 10 -- Panic gripped the locals after a tanker carrying liquified petroleum gas (LPG) overturned at Banjari ghat in Odisha's Kalahandi district today.

The mishap took place between Chhatikuda and Sikerkupa after the driver lost control over the tanker while giving way to a truck in the evening.

The accident was so severe that the engine of the tanker was broken into pieces. The tanker was transporting cooking gas (LPG) from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to Balangir in Odisha.

The driver of the tanker sustained grievous injuries in the mishap and was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) at Bhawanipatna for treatment.

The accident reportedly caused a gas leak from the tanker, which triggered panic among ...