Truck loaded with vegetables and fruits overturns, blocks traffic in Sharjah

Mahmoud Muhsen, Staff Reporter

An overspeeding truck loaded with fruits and vegetable overturned on Corniche Al Mimzar Square in Sharjah on Wednesday.

26-year-old Asian driver sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

The incident disrupted the traffic movement on the Corniche as the entire load of the truck got scattered on the road.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Omer Bu Ghanem, Deputy Director of Traffic and Patrols Department at Sharjah Police, the operations room received a report at 1:45pm that a truck loaded with vegetable and fruit boxes overturned on the Corniche Al Mamzar Square after the driver lost control of the truck.

Traffic patrols and national ambulance and firefighting engines were rushed to the scene, he said.

The traffic patrol helped in clearing the road of vegetables, fruits and regulated the traffic in the vicinity of the square and ensure smooth traffic flow until the traffic movement returned to normal.