Summary
- Five-tonne lorry overturns near Green Garden Apartments.
- Driver, 34, suffers minor injuries.
- Nine firefighters respond to the accident.
GEORGE TOWN, November 10 — A 34-year-old lorry driver suffered minor injuries after his five-tonne truck overturned along Jalan Paya Terubong near Green Garden Apartments in Ayer Itam on Tuesday.
The Penang Fire and Rescue Department said the lorry, carrying groceries, skidded off the road and overturned. Members of the public helped the driver out before firefighters arrived at 2pm.
Seven minutes after receiving the emergency call. Nine firefighters responded and cleaned up an oil spill at the scene. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital by Malaysian Red Crescent personnel.
While operations ended at 3.29pm.
