GEORGE TOWN: Firemen took nearly an hour to free the driver of a cement mixer truck in an accident that involved five other vehicles.
The six-vehicle pileup in Jalan Tanjung Tokong that included a 20-tonne tanker, a lorry, a van and two Mercedes-Benz, also caused a two-hour bumper-to-bumper traffic jam from Batu Ferringhi heading towards the city.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the cement mixer truck crashed into the van and the van driver in turn crashed into the left side of the 20-tonne tanker that was on the middle lane.
“The cement mixer truck also rear-ended the 20-tonne tanker and another lorry on the right lane.
“The impact pushed the lorry into the two Mercedes-Benz in front of him,” he said.
ACP Mior said only the 59-year-old cement mixer driver suffered a minor injury on his left leg.
“He was treated at Penang Hospital and allowed to go home,” he said.
State Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Mohd Azman Hussin said they received a distress call at 1.11pm yesterday and seven firemen from Bagan Jermal fire station rushed to the scene.
“We had to cut the cabin of the cement mixer and only managed to free the driver at 1.53pm,” he said.
Masrukin Aknam, 45, the 20-tonne tanker driver, said all the vehicles were stopping at the red light in front of Uda Flat in Tanjung Tokong, when the cement mixer truck suddenly lost control.
“It is fortunate that no one was seriously injured.”
Masrukin said he was on his way back to Ipoh after off-loading cement at a quarry in Tanjung Bungah.
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