Cement mixer truck topples over in Hong Kong tunnel, disrupting traffic for five hours


The driver of a cement mixer truck escaped serious injury on Wednesday when his vehicle toppled on its side in a tunnel in Hong Kong before the morning rush hour, disrupting traffic for more than five hours.

The truck hit the kerb and tipped over on its left side soon after 7.30am, police said, causing the southbound carriageway of the Kai San Road underpass in San Po Kong to be closed to traffic.

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