Mangaluru : Traffic on National Highway No 75 was diverted after a bullet tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Mangaluru to Bengaluru overturned at Lavatadka, near Nelyadi, at about 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad has in a communique here said that the area was cordoned off following a gas leakage. The safety team of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) has reached the spot.

He said that vehicles from Mangaluru to Bengaluru were asked to operate via Charmadi Ghat and those from Bengaluru to Mangaluru were diverted via Kadaba to reach Mangaluru.

The police said that the tanker belonged to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL). It overturned at a place 23 km away from Uppinangady, between Gundia and Uppinangady. Gas from the tanker was still being transferred to another tanker when reports last came in.