CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two truck drivers were rushed to a hospital after they got pinned inside their vehicles in a smashup that involved six vehicles in Mandaue City on Tuesday, July 11. Traffic went to a... CDNDigital
Traffic went to a standstill for nearly an hour along the highway in Brgy. Maguikay, Mandaue City around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday due to the accident.
According to the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue, the vehicles involved in the 6-vehicle smashup were a 10-wheeler water tanker, three motorcycles, a sports utility vehicle and a 6-wheeler garbage truck.The drivers of the two trucks, however, got pinned in their vehicles due to the impact, and that rescuers had to safely extract them for a few minutes.
Police Staff Sergeant Jimson Dapar of Mandaue City Police Office’s Traffic Enforcement Unit identified the injured truck drivers as Nomer Candelaria Berico and Ernesto Enolpe Glipa,READ: Citing initial findings, Dapar said the garbage truck, which was traversing the northbound lane of the highway, apparently lost control after it tried to avoid a taxi maneuvering a u-turn from the opposite direction.The impact also resulted in a domino-like effect that lead to the 6-vehicle smashup, as the vehicles tailing behind the two trucks – the three motorcycles and the SUV – also crashed onto one another, police added.Your subscription has been successful.
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