Jharkhand Gas tanker accident: RIMS Ranchi team examines injured patients
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a Twitter post on Saturday late night said, "A high-level team of RIMS burn unit will go by helicopter tomorrow (Sunday) morning to examine the people injured in the gas tanker accident in Dumka's Hansdiha area.";
Ranchi: In an unfortunate incident, a gas tanker overturned in Jharkhand's Dumka district, following which it exploded and caught fire. A high-level team from the burn unit of Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) reached Dumka on Sunday to examine the injured patients in an accident involving a gas tanker, an official said.
One person was killed, and several others were injured as a gas tanker overturned after hitting a bus that was parked on the roadside in Jharkhand's Dumka district on October 27, following which it exploded and caught fire.
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At least 18 people received burn injuries in the incident. They are undergoing treatment at Dumka's Phulo-Jhano Medical College and Hospital, some 280 km from here.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, in a Twitter post on Saturday late night, said, "A high-level team of RIMS burn unit will go by helicopter tomorrow (Sunday) morning to examine the people injured in the gas tanker accident in Dumka's Hansdiha area."
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