A truck carrying thousands of cans of Blue soft drink overturned on Highway 1, spilling its cargo across the road, according to reports from the scene.
A truck carrying thousands of Blue soft drink cans overturned on Highway 1 near the Sha'ar HaGai interchange on Monday afternoon, scattering the cans across the road. The accident, which occurred at approximately 13:42, involved the truck striking several vehicles, leaving two people injured, one in moderate-to-serious condition, according to Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services.
MDA first reported the incident at 13:56, with initial reports indicating two wounded. The casualty count was briefly corrected to one, then updated again to two injured, one moderately-to-seriously, as first responders treated the scene. Jerusalem District police later announced an investigation, with traffic accident investigators dispatched to examine the circumstances, as Channel 12's Inbar Tuizer reported.
Video from the scene showed the overturned truck and the spilled cans covering the asphalt. The cargo, described as Blue soft drink, was not previously mentioned in initial reports. The condition of the injured and the cause of the accident remain under investigation.
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