Manchester, Jamaica – Two males, together with a truck driver, had been rushed to hospital in critical situation after the automobile they had been travelling in overturned alongside the Winston Jones Freeway on Thursday morning.
The incident occurred round 10:00 a.m., because the truck was descending the hill when it reportedly developed mechanical issues and crashed off the roadway, flipping over.
Eyewitnesses described a terrifying scene.
“We had been on our approach coming down the hill and the truck driver was shouting, ‘Take approach uno self!’ Subsequent factor we noticed was pure smoke underneath the truck, after which it go us. We by no means knew it will mash up,” one motorist advised reporters on the scene.
“If visitors was coming down at that second, it will have been chaos. We might have lots deaths. However thank God,” he added.
One other shaken motorist likened the crash to a pure catastrophe, saying:
“Mi by no means see when it crash, nevertheless it was like a hurricane go via. Complete catastrophe. The truck mash up utterly.”
Passersby sprang into motion, pulling the injured males from the wreckage. Law enforcement officials later transported them to hospital, whereas firefighters additionally responded to the scene.
The boys are reportedly in critical however steady situation as investigations proceed into what precipitated the mechanical failure.
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