00:00A trailer truck carrying 1,000 bags of rice just hit a road in Manila.
00:08How's the traffic? Let's find out in the live coverage of Jamie Santos.
00:19Mel, there's a lot of traffic along Mel Lopez Boulevard here in Manila
00:24after a 40-footer trailer truck collided this afternoon.
00:30A 40-footer trailer truck collided in the middle of the road
00:35and up to this time, it was able to reach the length of Mel Lopez Boulevard.
00:40The trailer truck even hit concrete barriers
00:43causing the front of the vehicle to have a U-P and the windshield to be broken.
00:47According to the driver of the truck at MMDA,
00:50the truck suddenly braked in front of him.
00:53He tried to avoid the road between them so he wouldn't get stuck
00:58and that's why he hit the concrete barriers.
01:00But because of the weight of this 1,000 bags of rice, it slipped.
01:05Fortunately, it didn't explode.
01:07The driver of the trailer truck was taken to the hospital
01:10after he was hit by a few rocks on his body.
01:13Because of the accident, only one lane passed through the northbound lane of Mel Lopez Boulevard.
01:18MMDA personnel are also reminding motorists
01:22to open the zippered lane on the southbound lane
01:25so that the traffic can slow down.
01:28Some motorists were stuck in traffic for several hours.
01:34A truck made a U-turn and then it hit a bump.
01:38The driver of the vehicle in front of him tried to avoid it.
01:42If he didn't try to avoid it, he could have been sandwiched.
01:45The small vehicle, sedan, was a car.
01:48Because of its weight?
01:50Because of its weight, ma'am.
01:51That's why it...
01:52It lost its balance.
01:54The truck couldn't handle it.
01:56With a slight push, the truck was deformed.
02:00It hit a bump.
02:01We're hungry. We're hungry.
02:08According to MMDA, the traffic bumps are already in Mayloneta
02:13that's why motorists are being asked to leave.
02:16That's the latest from Manila.
02:18Back to you, Mel.
02:20Thank you very much, Jamie Santos.
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