Vegetable-laden pickup falls into gorge after brakes fail in Kozhikode, Kerala; driver saved

According to an AajTak Digital news report, a major accident was narrowly averted in Kerala's Kozhikode district on Thursday night. Here, on the famous Kuttiyadi Ghat road, a pickup truck loaded with vegetables suddenly went out of control and fell into a very deep gorge. During this serious incident, it was a great stroke of luck that a large tree stood a little way down into the gorge, and the vehicle collided with it and came to a halt. If the vehicle had not gotten stuck against the tree in time, it could have tumbled even further down and the situation could have become much more horrific.

According to details received from the local police department, this entire incident took place around 1:00 am right around the first curve on the Ghat road. The pickup vehicle that met with this accident had set off towards Thrissur loaded with fresh vegetables from the Chikkamagaluru area of Karnataka state. Just as the vehicle was descending from the slope of the hilly area, the brakes of the vehicle suddenly failed completely. In this dangerous situation of brake failure, the driver tried to use his presence of mind.

According to the police, another bus was running right ahead of this accident-affected pickup vehicle. Since the brakes were not working, the driver immediately pulled the handbrake of the vehicle to avoid a horrific collision with the bus. However, despite using the handbrake, control could not be established over the vehicle's wheels and its speed. Consequently, the vehicle slipped from the road surface and plunged straight into the deep gorge below.

The vehicle slid some feet down inside the gorge, but fortunately, it stopped after colliding with a naturally standing tree there. Due to the presence of this tree, the pickup vehicle was saved from crashing into greater depths. Even after such a terrifying accident, the comforting part was that the driver safely came out of the vehicle on his own without any outside help. In this miraculous incident, the driver did not suffer any serious injuries on his body and remained completely safe and sound.

Following this mishap, police personnel were immediately deployed at the spot. A special crane is currently being utilized to pull out this vegetable-laden pickup vehicle stuck in the gorge. Traffic and vehicular movement on the road are also being properly regulated by the police, so that no traffic jam problem arises on the route during this operation to pull out the vehicle using the crane. This accident has once again drawn everyone's attention to road mishaps occurring while traveling on hilly roads. At this stage, the driver is completely safe and the local police administration is actively engaged in the effort to extricate the vehicle from the gorge.