Hydrochloric acid leaked from the tanker lorry on Friday evening when it was en route to Ernakulam from neighbouring Karnataka.
Gas leak. Representational Image. (iStock)
At least eight students of a nursing college were hospitalised on Saturday, 29 June, following a hydrochloric acid gas leak from a tanker in Ramapuram in Kerala’s Kannur. They developed uneasiness and breathing difficulty and were rushed to Pariyaram Medical College and Pazhayangadi Taluk Hospital. Their condition is stable, police said.