Update: Mixer truck catches fire during clear-up of accident scene
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January 13, 2023

Update: Mixer truck catches fire during clear-up of accident scene

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters in Manchester for a second time responded to an accident scene on the Winston Jones Highway on the outskirts of Mandeville on Friday.

READ: Mixer truck overturns in Mandeville, driver hospitalised

OBSERVER ONLINE sources say about 1:45 pm, the fire brigade was called to extinguish a mixer truck being on fire, resulting from efforts to separate parts of the ill-fated unit, hours after it overturned on the highway.

Reports suggest that a torch was being used to carry out the separation when the fire started.

Earlier on Friday firefighters responded to the scene where the truck overturned. The driver of the truck has been hospitalised.

— Kasey Williams

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