Photos: Two injured in truck deterioration accident on Amman-Dead Sea highway

Jordan

Published: 2019-07-09 13:44

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 09:20


Photos: Two injured in truck deterioration accident on Amman-Dead Sea highway
Photos: Two injured in truck deterioration accident on Amman-Dead Sea highway

Two people sustained various injuries after their pickup truck, loaded with metal pipes, crashed into an electric pole and nine other light poles on Amman-Dead Sea highway near Al Adassiya region on Tuesday, July 8, 2019.

The collision caused the front of the truck to catch fire, the Civil Defense Department (CDD) said in a statement.

The CDD rescue teams rushed to the scene, extinguished the fire that broke out in the truck's front, while paramedics administered first aid to the injured before moving them to Al-Bashir Hospital and the Southern Shouna Government Hospital.

"The injured were listed in moderate conditions," the statement added.