7News arrived on the scene of another accident at Mile 28 on the Hummingbird Highway at around 9 o'clock this morning where 3 men also walked away from a delivery truck which ended up on it's right side.
The received minor injuries, and as Daniel Ortiz found it, the 3 men are very lucky:
Daniel Ortiz reporting
With the truck on its side in the middle of the road, the front windshield smashed and strewn across the road away from it, and it's cargo hold punctured on the railing at the side of the road, this accident looked very serious, but not really.
The driver and his 2 passengers walked away from it with only minor injuries.
And considering that they next were to a ditch, they are very lucky. A short distance more, and they would have gone over.
We found the driver still processing the entire situation.
Daniel Ortiz
"You seem like you are still going through that adrenaline from the situation."
Jareth Galvez
"Yeah."
Rudolfo Martinez
"I was right behind the truck and I saw it pick up speed and it just lose control. I don't really know what happen, but the man says that the wheel lock on him, so I come and help them out. Thank God everyone is okay."
Galvez were making this turn at mile 28, when right front wheel jammed, causing him to lose control.
Jareth Galvez
"I was coming down the hill and the passenger front wheel locked on me. I had just tip the brake around the curve and the wheel didn't release back. It went in and didn't release. That is what happen and the further I went I feel the truck started to slide."
Daniel Ortiz
"How do you guys manage to escape this entire thing?"
Jareth Galvez
"We just flip over in the truck and we got up."
Rudolfo Martinez
"I was trying to overtake them but at the same time I saw them lose control. From now on I will take it slow on the road now because you never know what could happen. This is the first time I see something like this happening in front of my eyes."
Jareth Galvez told us that he is an independent delivery man who works on different contracts.
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