Tip-off

A tipper truck driver in the Middle East has reason to be rather embarrassed over his forgetfulness. The man was truck his truck along a major highway with the tipper body raised when the vehicle smashed into an overhead gantry containing signage. The truck was brought to a rapid halt, with the body smashing into the gantry and damaging it seriously. The incident was captured on the dashcam of another vehicle following close behind. No one was injured in the incident luckily.
December 14, 2015 Read time: 1 min
A tipper truck driver in the Middle East has reason to be rather embarrassed over his forgetfulness. The man was truck his truck along a major highway with the tipper body raised when the vehicle smashed into an overhead gantry containing signage. The truck was brought to a rapid halt, with the body smashing into the gantry and damaging it seriously. The incident was captured on the dashcam of another vehicle following close behind. No one was injured in the incident luckily.

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