Watermelon Truck Overturns While Avoiding Police
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:48 pm
Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): A watermelon truck, a white Hyundai (Phnom Penh 3C-1438), which was driving at high speed, overturned when it turned left to avoid a police road block, dumping watermelon all over the road. Fortunately, no one was harmed. The incident happened at 1:30 pm, on 3 February 2023, at the Baku traffic light, Bakou village, Dangkor district, Phnom Penh.
According to the truck driver, he was driving from Takeo province to sell the watermelons at Doeum Kor market in Phnom Penh. O Street 217, he saw that police were monitoring the trafic up ahead, so he turned left off the main road because he was overloaded. However, he turned too sharply, and the truck overturned with the weight of the watermelons.
After the incident, the police allowed the owner of the truck to hire a crane to repair the damage himself, and to collect the watermelons from the scene as fast as possible to avoid causing a traffic jam.