A container truck carrying wooden logs overturned on Tirunelveli- Nagercoil National Highway near Ozhiginasery junction here on Sunday morning.
The truck driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a curve in Ozhiginasery, and the vehicle overturned after hitting two roadside stalls. According to police, the truck was carrying wooden logs from Thoothukudi port to Nagercoil. The front portions of the stalls were damaged.
Truck driver Sivapandi of Sengottah and Kennedy of Melathathiarkulam in Nagercoil, who was standing on the roadside, sustained injuries. They were shifted to Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital.
Traffic on the highway was affected for over two hours following the accident. Vehicles were diverted via Krishnankoil and Putheri.
A crane was pressed into service to clear the wooden logs and the truck from the road.
Traffic Investigation Wing police have registered a case in this regard.
