In an unusual sight for pedestrians and motorists, a scrapped aeroplane got stuck in the middle of the road in Bihar’s Motihari on Friday. The scrapped plane was being transported by a trailer truck to Assam from Mumbai.
The truck got stuck in the middle of the road under the Piprakothi bridge. The unusual situation led to massive traffic snarls.
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According to police, the lorry driver misjudged the height of the overbridge.
“Prima facie, it appears that the driver of the vehicle misjudged the underneath height of the overbridge vis-a-vis the height of the consignment being carried on the vehicle, and as a result, it got stuck beneath the overbridge,” Piprakothi’s station house officer Manoj Kumar told Hindustan Times.
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Although the incident caused a long traffic snarl on NH 27, the truck and its load were safely taken out and it continued the journey to Assam, according to the report.
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However, according to eyewitnesses, the plane remained stuck under the bridge for more than an hour. A video shared by the news agency ANI shows a long stretch of road blocked by vehicles.
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“It was around 9 am when police reached the spot. The vehicle was extricated by deflating the tires of the lorry,” an eyewitness told HT.
A similar incident happened in Andhra Pradesh in November when a scrap aeroplane got stuck on the underpass of a road in Bapatla district. The aeroplane was being transferred to Hyderabad.
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