A prime mover blocks part of Plaridel Street in Mandaue City where it fell over at dawn on Saturday. The vehicle and its 25-ton boiler load were cleared out by the afternoon. (CDN PHOTO/CHRISTIAN MANINGO)
Four persons were injured after a prime mover carrying a 25-ton boiler fell on its side past 1 a.m. yesterday in barangay Umapad, Mandaue City.
A rear tire fell into a crack on Plaridel Street where a road concreting project is going on.
No pedestrians were injured since the street was empty at dawn.
The prime mover tilted to its right and fell, hitting a post of the Visayan Electric Company and causing a power outage, said PO2 Modesto Lutchavez.
A utility post of a telephone company was also damaged.
The driver, 50-year-old Saturnino Duazo, and two truck boys Jeffry Duazo, 26, and Noel Neri, 19, were brought to the hospital.
The truck boys were riding on top of the vehicle to push away any low-hanging wires.
Traffic enforcer Noel Mendoza who was escorting the truck on a motorcycle suffered minor burns when a live wire fell on him.
Police said the prime mover was delivering the boiler to PGMC Factory, which makes soy sauce, in barangay Maguikay.
Police said the truck driver may be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property.