Bystanders watch at a burned bus at the site of an accident that killed at least 13 people in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A tanker truck filled with gasoline crashed and burst into flames devouring several cars and a bus. Fire chief William Martinez says the tanker truck flipped over and spilled gasoline, which then ignited and burned seven vehicles.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Bystanders watch at a burned bus at the site of an accident that killed at least 13 people in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A tanker truck filled with gasoline crashed and burst into flames devouring several cars and a bus. Fire chief William Martinez says the tanker truck flipped over and spilled gasoline, which then ignited and burned seven vehicles.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A plate of a burned-out car is seen at the site of an accident that killed at least 13 people in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A tanker truck filled with gasoline crashed and burst into flames devouring several cars and a bus. Fire chief William Martinez says the tanker truck flipped over and spilled gasoline, which then ignited and burned seven vehicles.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? A tanker truck filled with gasoline crashed and burst into flames on Thursday in Venezuela, engulfing several cars and a bus and killing at least 13 people.
The tanker truck tipped over and spilled gasoline, which ignited and burned seven vehicles, Caracas fire chief William Martinez said.
Rescue workers pulled victims' bodies from the blackened vehicles.
Martinez said the tanker truck driver apparently lost control on the highway in Caracas but the cause of the accident was unclear.
At least 16 people were injured in the accident, national police chief Luis Fernandez said.
The 30-year-old truck driver, Tulio Estenique, was unhurt and was arrested, prosecutors said in a statement. He is to be arraigned and is under investigation for his responsibility in causing the accident.
Prosecutors said that according to witnesses the truck was speeding.
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