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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Heavy downpour caused accidents




The heavy downpour which occur since early morning (Thursday 15 September 2011) caused a massive accident involving three vehicles at the stretch of Muara-Tutong Highway few meters to the slip road leading to Empire Hotel and Country Club.

The accident which occur yesterday (15 September 2011, Thursday) around 7am, saw a saloon car, four wheel drive vehicle and a delivery truck involved in the rush hour accident. The impact of the accident caused the saloon car and the delivery truck severely damaged. To add worst the delivery truck overturned thus hitting the road barrier and damaging its cargo hold area and at the same time causing its ice cubes load to scatter at the nearby bush.

According to one of the victim who drives the four wheel drive said “Our car was slightly knocked by the saloon car thus causing us and the truck to lose control upon hitting the brake. The impact of the braking cause the ice delivery truck to overturn while the saloon car suffer damage in the front and its rear section”

A team of police personnel from the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) Rapid Response Squad (STS) in three police cars rushed to the scene to direct the traffic. Fortunately no victims from the affected vehicles are injured in the accident. The accident also saw major traffic congestion from the UBD coastal exit road and the Jerudong flyover area

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