Truck Loaded with Office Appliances Overturns on George Price Highway

Three persons escaped major injuries when the truck they were traveling in this afternoon careened off the George Price Highway and overturned in a swampy area near mile forty-one. It happened at midday, just as the truck filled with office appliances was on its way to Belmopan. A News Five team was travelling behind the vehicle and witnessed the incident. We spoke with the driver, thirty-seven-year-old Sheldon Craig who explained how he managed to control the vehicle after it slipped off the wet pavement after a downpour.

Voice of: Sheldon Craig, Truck driver

“The steering get pulled a lee bit pahn the side soh I decide fi just come off the road fi prevent the vehicle from flip and ih look like I hit a soft part eena the grass and ih just flip it pahn the side, you know?”

Marion Ali

“You were transporting some items?”

Voice of: Sheldon Craig

“Yes, we were going to the next Fultec (office) in Belmopan and unfortunately, this happened nuh, soh.”

Marion Ali

“So you lost what all?”

Sheldon Craig

“We had some printers, some monitors and different things in the back of the truck. We weren’t going fast, you know. The vehicle just kinda landed on the side, so nobody got injured.”