Truck overturns near Panaiyur, driver escapes unhurt
A construction truck overturned in Panaiyur on Tuesday night, but the driver was unharmed. The truck was delivering concrete for a storm-water drain network when it overturned after its back wheels sank into a pit. Police used a crane to retrieve the truck following the incident.
- ▪The driver of the construction truck escaped unhurt after the vehicle overturned.
- ▪The truck was delivering concrete for a storm-water drain network at Bhajanai Kovil Street.
- ▪The truck overturned when its back wheels sank into a pit while reversing.
- ▪Police used a crane to pull out the overturned truck.
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Driver of a construction truck escaped unhurt after the vehicle overturned in Panaiyur on Tuesday night. The Tambaram Police said that a truck load of concrete was brought for constructing a storm-water drain network at Bhajanai Kovil Street in Uthandi near Panaiyur.As the truck was reversing to dump the cement concrete, the back wheels of the lorry sank into the pit and as a result the lorry overturned. The lorry driver escaped from the truck. The police later used a crane to pull out the truck.
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