The driver of the truck that overturned on the N7 yesterday has thankfully escaped unharmed from the incident.
The truck collided with a barrier on the N7 Inbound near J5 Athgoe yesterday afternoon shortly after 2pm, shedding its load in the process and blocking two lanes on the inbound route and one on the outbound route.
There were major delays to traffic for the remainder of the afternoon and into yesterday evening as emergency services dealt with the serious incident and four lanes of traffic were closed for a substantial amount of time until the crane was removed.
The driver of the truck escaped unharmed, saying that the seatbelt he was wearing helped to save his life. The accident is reported to have occurred when there was a blowout to the front wheel on the driver's side, making the heavy goods vehicle sprawl across the road and collide with the barrier. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
The truck was eventually removed at around 7pm yesterday evening and traffic began to get back to normal.
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