Categories: Major Stories

Truck Driver Feared Dead in Covers Hill, Portland after Ignoring Warnings

Preliminary report suggests a delivery driver was traversing the vicinity of Covers Hill in Portland while trying to pass the slope when men traveling with him alighted the truck and warned him against it, the driver later lost control of the truck while navigating the slope.

Currently, a fire unit is on the scene trying to rescue the driver who is said to be pinned under his truck.

However, due to recent rainfall, the task is viewed as mission impossible due to excess mud on the scene.

More details to come in CVM’s upcoming newscast.

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