Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, Sep 2: National Highway 48 experienced a traffic block for more than two hours on Tuesday September 1, after a truck’s engine failed to start near Kannur check post.
Locals near the check post said that the traffic block was reported around 8 pm, as the truck driver failed to move the vehicle. The efforts by the public to move the stranded vehicle were also unsuccessful as the truck was huge.
The highway was completely closed and no vehicles passed through for more than two hours. Traffic was backed up on the highway for many kilometres till 9.30 pm.
Finally the people managed to turn the front portion of the truck, helping vehicles to pass through a portion of the road. Commuters were stranded in their vehicles during this time.