MIRI: A garbage truck driver and two attendants were injured when the garbage truck they were travelling in skidded and landed on its side after an accident at Jalan Bekenu near here yesterday morning.
In the 5 am accident, one of the trio broke a leg while the other two sustained body injuries.
It is learnt that prior to the accident, the garbage truck driver wanted to stop the vehicle by the roadside after one of the truck’s rear tyres burst.
However, the driver lost control of the vehicle after trying to avoid colliding with another vehicle coming out from a junction before it skidded, flipped and landed on its side on the road.
After the accident, passers-by pulled the injured trio out of the garbage truck and put them down by the roadside while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
They were later taken to Miri Hospital for treatment.
