A truck carrying coal partially hanged over a bridge, nearly 15 feet high from the ground. The incident occurred today at 10am at Nimiaghat bridge, near Laxamanpur on NH-2.
Both the driver and the spotter were rescued from the vehicle as a crane immediately responded to the spot along with a police team from Nimiaghat police station here on Friday.
According to the locals, the mishap took place when the driver tried to avoid accident with another vehicle that tried to overtake the truck.
Driver lost control over the truck and crashed with the boundary wall of the bridge.
The front part of the truck including driver’s cabin was hanging while back portion was on the ground. Due to heavy load, the truck maintained a balance which evaded further disaster.
Soon a large number of people gathered around and police was informed. The traffic at highway was also affected for more than an hour. A crane helped in pulling the hanging part of the truck back to the ground and both injured driver and his assistant were rescued.
According to sources, the truck coming from Giridih was carrying coal and was going towards Dhanbad.