Manchester, Jamaica — A truck driver was hospitalized Thursday morning after being pinned between two vans for 2 hours following a three-vehicle crash on the Spur Tree Hill principal highway in Manchester.
Firefighters and police labored tirelessly to extricate the motive force from his car, which was wedged between two different vans after a collision.
The accident, which occurred shortly earlier than 9:00 am, concerned two field vans and a gasoline truck, creating a big visitors disruption within the space. Preliminary investigations counsel that one of many field vans, touring downhill, misplaced management and collided with the rear of the second field truck, inflicting a sequence response that pushed the second truck into the gasoline truck forward.
Emergency companies have been fast to reply, with an ambulance transporting the injured driver to Mandeville Regional Hospital. His situation stays unclear, however authorities are optimistic about his restoration.
The crash left the key thoroughfare impassable for hours, and the police issued a journey advisory for motorists. Visitors was diverted with directions for drivers touring from St. Elizabeth to Manchester to take different routes via Gutters, Plouden, Cross Keys, and New Port.
The Spur Tree Hill highway, infamous for its steep incline and frequent truck-related accidents, has lengthy been a problem for each motorists and authorities. This incident is one other in a sequence of accidents on the freeway, underscoring the dangers posed by closely loaded, slow-moving vans.
