The Road Traffic Management Corporation says truck drivers usually reverse when they feel a load has hit a bridge, but this driver failed to do so
The Road Traffic Management Act said a truck driver should reverse once they feel the load has hit a low bridge. However, the truck driver did not, leading to an explosion and fatalities.The gas tanker explosion which killed nine people in Boksburg on Saturday could have been prevented, said the Road Traffic Management Corporation .But this could have been prevented had the driver been alert, said RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane.
“The police will take over from here and will determine the next actions if anyone is to be held accountable. But right now an inquest is being investigated,” he said.“The people in hospital include the fire and emergency personnel of Ekurhuleni since they were the first ones to respond. I think they got caught in the secondary fire [explosion].”
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