Nearly one hundred people were hospitalised following a chlorine gas leakage on Rajkot- Morbi high way, fire brigade sources said on Sunday.
The incident took place on Sunday night when a truck carrying nearly 20 chlorine cylinder overturned, sources said adding the truck came down from the road after driver lost control over the wheel and gas started leaking from one of the cylinders.
Nearly 100 people including passers by and 55 passengers travelling in a State Transport bus were affected due to the gas leak, they said adding affected persons were rushed to private and civil hospital in Morbi.
The road traffic had to be halted for a couple of hours as a precautionary measures and the fire brigade personnel sprinkled water to minimise the effect of leaked gas, chief fire officer, Mr R.K. Maheshwari, said.
Forty one persons were given primary medical treatment while 56 were discharged from the hospitals later, sources said adding three persons are still under observation.