AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2011
TAS:Drivers escape as 28-tonne load comes free
HOBART, Dec 6 AAP - Drivers on a northern Tasmanian highway have had a lucky escape
after a 28-tonne power transformer fell from a truck and bounced 60m along the road.
The huge piece of equipment broke free from its bindings as a semi-trailer rounded
a bend on the East Tamar Highway, bouncing over one car before crashing into a ute.
The transformer then bounced a further 30m down the highway before coming to a stop in a drain.
The ute's 44-year-old driver was cut free from the wreckage by the SES after the left
side of his vehicle was crushed. No one was in the passenger seat.
The Launceston man was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
"The driver's side of the vehicle did not receive any severe damage, and the driver
was extremely lucky to have escaped without any serious injury," a police statement said.
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KEYWORD: TRANSFORMER
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