HASSAN: A cement-laden lorry overturned and cement bags were scattered all over the road, near Gulagalale village in Sakleshpur taluk, on National Highway 75 on Sunday night. When no one related to the lorry came even after on day, tens of people came in whatever vehicles they could, including tractors, and took away hundreds of cement bags lying on road.
Lorry driver Rajesh Yadav (30) from Jharkhand, who was seriously injured in the accident, is in critical condition and is undergoing treatment in hospital. On Monday, police had cleared the lorry from the road, but the cement bags were lying scattered there itself. Even after one day passed since accident, as no one came to take the cement bags, locals carried away thousands of cement bags overnight.
While going from Bengaluru to Mangaluru carrying cement bags, a tyre of the lorry burst and the driver lost control leading to it getting overturned. The Sakleshpur Rural police had visited spot and conducted an inspection.
