A FULLY-LADEN articulated truck fell on its right side, collapsing a fence wall of a house whilst climbing a hill at Dichemso on Friday evening.
No death was recorded in the near-gory accident which sent shock waves among residents of the area.
The articulated truck, with registration number GR 7051-C, was travelling from Kumasi to Burkina Faso, Richard Karikari of National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) told DAILY GUIDE.
He said the truck, loaded with different items, was coming from the Airport Roundabout direction and climbing the hill around Plaza Hotel at Dichemso.
All of a sudden, the huge truck lost its balance so the frame got broken, forcing it to fall on its right side.
The truck’s load fell on a fence wall of a nearby house, collapsing it instantly.
Karikari said this was about the second time that a fully-laden truck had fallen on that portion of the road.
He said something disastrous would have happened if the car had fallen during the day time.
“People, especially children, play in front of the house so the truck could have trapped some people if it had fallen during day time,” he said.
Karikari suspected overloading and bad conditions of articulated trucks to be the cause of huge trucks falling on the road.
Karikari therefore implored the appropriate authorities to make sure that articulated trucks that plied the road were in good condition and also not overloaded.
From I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi
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