Malappuram, Saturday, January 01, 2011: Panic struck the people and the authorities as an LPG tanker lorry turned turtle while overtaking a lorry at Thazhekkad on the Perinthalmanna-Palakkad national highway, today, police said.

However, there was no leakage of gas from the tanker, they said. The vehicular traffic on the Perinthalmanna-Palakkad route has been affected due to the accident, which had triggered panic among the people in the area. The tanker was coming from Mangalore to Coimbatore.