Traffic immobiloised for five hours. No casualties reported
A collision between two trucks on NH 17-B highway paralyzed the traffic for five long hours on Wednesday morning, living hundreds of commuters strangled on the Ponda-Margao route.
While one truck was travelling towards Vasco-da-Gama, the other was on route to Ponda when the accident occurred. A bike rider riding behind one of the trucks narrowly escaped death, however the bike is completely damaged.
The police reported the accident and helped ease out the traffic.
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